midriff

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Tom landed a stinging blow to his opponent's midriff, then took a punishing one himself Suddenly Tom felt the stranger's hand clawing at his pocket for the key to the gate.

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  1. noun See diaphragm.
  2. noun The middle outer portion of the front of the human body, extending roughly from just below the breast to the waistline.

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  • His gaze skimmed over the midriff, the slim waist. —  One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze
  • It caught him in the midriff, and he woke with a loud snort. —  Gaudy Night Dorothy L Sayers -3rd Lord Peter WImsey/Harriet Vane book
  • He took a terrific blow in the midriff, a blow that was like the sound of a hard-swung ax against wood Doc chopped with a fist. —  028 - The Roar Devil
  • Not very much, yet it was clear that my midriff was a little larger than it had been before we left Liberty. —  Asimov's SF, Feb 2002
  • A gold watch chain bridged his midriff, and formed a support for several lodge emblems Slick" Cooley entered, closed the door, and said: "We don't have to worry any more about Jim Cash Judborn Tugg recoiled as if slapped. —  009 - The Czar of Fear
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  1. Middle English midrif, from Old English midhrif : midd, mid; see mid1 + hrif, belly; see kwrep- in Indo-European roots.
 

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/ˈmɪd rɪf/
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