Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An undesirable or unendurable amount.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun As much as fills the belly (stomach) or satisfies the appetite; hence, a great abundance; more than enough.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun As much as satisfies the appetite. Hence: A great abundance; more than enough.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun informal An
undesirable large quantity of something
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an undesirable overabundance
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Examples
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A bellyful is a bellyful, no matter what kind of meat is taken.
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
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I could not taste a bit on't, so full I had filled my puddings before, and a bellyful is a bellyful you know.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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I could not taste a bit on’t, so full I had filled my puddings before, and a bellyful is a bellyful you know.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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I could not taste a bit on’t, so full I had filled my puddings before, and a bellyful is a bellyful you know.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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I felt giddy; it was easy to love New York on an autumn night with a bellyful of prime beef and success.
Ideas of Her Own Gita M. Smith 2011
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So as you are striving to digest a bellyful of turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, and notice yourself screaming at the television, enraged at a bad call by the ref, or jubilant at a touchdown, remember that millions of years of human evolution have shaped your brain to emotionally bond with your team.
Michael Taft: Of Touchdowns and Tribalism Michael Taft 2011
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We declined everything because we'd already had a bellyful and so moved swiftly on to what we now knew would be the very best part of our evening at the Stafford Hotel: leaving it.
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So as you are striving to digest a bellyful of turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, and notice yourself screaming at the television, enraged at a bad call by the ref, or jubilant at a touchdown, remember that millions of years of human evolution have shaped your brain to emotionally bond with your team.
Michael Taft: Of Touchdowns and Tribalism Michael Taft 2011
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While I agree with your post, I also think that many will have had a bellyful with the likes of Pelosi, Reid, Franks, etc., by 2010.
Jeb Bush Will Not Seek Florida Senate Seat - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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He has had the same bellyful of talk about private entrepreneurial funding that Ann Druyan has, and he shares her contempt for the thrill-seeking, space-touring fat cats.
Across the Universe 2009
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