单词 | yellowbelly |
释义 | yellowbelly[ yel-oh-bel-ee ] / ˈyɛl oʊˌbɛl i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR yellowbelly ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural yel·low·bel·lies.Slang. a person who is without courage, fortitude, or nerve; coward. Origin of yellowbellyFirst recorded in 1790–1800; yellow + belly Words nearby yellowbellyyellow avens, yellowback, yellowbark, yellow-bellied, yellow-bellied sapsucker, yellowbelly, yellow bile, yellow-billed cuckoo, yellow-billed magpie, yellow birch, yellowbird Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for yellowbelly
British Dictionary definitions for yellowbelly (1 of 2)yellow belly noundialect a native of Lincolnshire, esp of the fens British Dictionary definitions for yellowbelly (2 of 2)yellow-belly noun plural -liesa slang word for coward Australian another name for callop Derived forms of yellow-bellyyellow-bellied, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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