tummy
/ˈtʌmi
/noun (plural tummies) informal
A person’s stomach or abdomen: [as modifier]: a tummy upset...
- Little Chloe Hampson may have missed out on her chance of swimming with dolphins because of a tummy upset.
- Conventional painkillers can sometimes cause upset tummies, and herbal medicines, such as Devil's Claw and Bromelain, can often be quite valuable as pain-relievers - without any side effects.
- Baby dogs get upset tummies all the time, especially Goldens - there's nothing they won't try to eat.
Synonyms
stomach, abdomen, belly, gut, middle
informal tum, breadbasket, insides
Australian informal bingy
Origin
Mid 19th century: child's pronunciation of stomach.
Rhymes
- undeservedly
- undeserving
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- field glasses
- field goal
- field grade
- field-grade officer
- field-grade rank
- field grey
- field guide
- field gun
- field gunner
- field hand
- field hat
- field hay
- field holler
- field hospital
- field house
- field ice
- field-induced
- fielding average
- Fieldingesque
- Fielding, Henry
- fielding percentage
- field ion microscope