Tummy
/ˈtʌ.mi/ noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The stomach or belly. childish, colloquial, often
""So I broke away early this mornin', gave my guard a kick in the tummy that laid him out, and sprinted for the camp.""
- 2 an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion wordnet
- 3 The stomach or belly.; A protruding belly, paunch. US, childish, colloquial, often, slang
- 4 slang for a paunch wordnet
- 5 The stomach or belly.; In reference to where a baby is carried, the abdomen, or specifically the womb, especially of a woman, but also of animals in general (usually mammals). childish, colloquial, euphemistic, often
Example
More examples"Step #1: Buy a puppy. Step #2: Buy a stethoscope. Step #3: Feed puppy a huge meal. Step #4: Listen to all the awesome gurgling sounds in the puppy's little tummy."
Etymology
Imitating a child's attempt to say stomach, via archaic colloquialism stummy. Compare twee and pasghetti for similar phonetic reductions.