Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
bellyache . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
bellyache .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word bellyaches.
Examples
-
It is not the first time in recent months that a Guyanese writer or publisher has broached the subject of restoring the reading habit in Guyana; and after the promises of the Carifesta season to promote the culture of reading more aggressively, you hope that the opportunity afforded by the emergence of a new Guyanese writer does not go unnoticed in an education system that 'bellyaches' so frequently about reading deficiencies in local schools or in a private sector which, frankly, must do much more to extend its highly touted corporate conscience to help bolster a flagging national literacy programme.
Stabroek News 2009
-
We caught colds out of carelessness and got bellyaches from eating the wrong foods.
Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011
-
If your child has a primary tumor in the abdomen, you may notice bellyaches, weight loss or a bigger abdomen.
-
We caught colds out of carelessness and got bellyaches from eating the wrong foods.
Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011
-
The old, high-heeled stomping grounds of lower Manhattan may no longer offer the same pills, thrills and bellyaches as they did in the early-'70s heyday of the New York Dolls, but four decades later the group somehow remains an institution.
Pop and Circumstance Andy Beta 2011
-
We caught colds out of carelessness and got bellyaches from eating the wrong foods.
Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011
-
We caught colds out of carelessness and got bellyaches from eating the wrong foods.
Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011
-
He would complain about the ulcers and bellyaches and high-stress.
-
Intralot takes over lottery today; outgoing firm GTECH bellyaches about five-hour transition delay WaTimes
DeMorning DeBonis: Nov. 23, 2010 Mike DeBonis 2010
-
He chronically bellyaches over United States killings of innocent Afghan civilians through predator drones or night raids.
Bruce Fein: Congresswoman Harman's Afghan Delusions Bruce Fein 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.