Bellybutton

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The navel or umbilicus. informal

    "Always used to have pain about navel when a boy (used to call it bellybutton ache)[…]"

  2. 2
    a scar where the umbilical cord was attached wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
belly buttonnavelnavelomphalosomphalusumbilicus

Example

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"Always used to have pain about navel when a boy (used to call it bellybutton ache)[…]"

Etymology

From belly + button.

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