Bellybutton definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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We were supposed to be all wrapped up in Kyle's otherworldly origins -- turned out his lack of bellybutton, his overdeveloped brain, his lack of social smarts, and his fledgling powers of flight / levitation / etc. all resulted from being "gestated" in a pod for 17 years.

—Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch

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noun Informal The navel; the umbilicus.

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Nothing is cuter than a brand new bellybutton, I'm here to tell you.
Blood had pooled in his bellybutton, and his bruised phallus was twitching. — InterzoneScienceFictionandFantasyMagazine#212
I think that's why I prefer the nearly bellybutton-free original version of U2's '' Original of the Species '' video to the new version — Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
The Nabaztag / tag's new features include its bellybutton (a microphone that makes the device capable of voice activation), an ambient noise sensor that can tell if there are people in ... — Cool Hunting
ABC Family's Kyle XY stared his last blank stare, breathed his last bellybutton-less breath, levitated his last syringe full of bacterial growth from an old cup. — Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch