Tummy

//ˈtʌ.mi// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion wordnet
  3. 3
    The stomach or belly.; A protruding belly, paunch. US, childish, colloquial, often, slang
  4. 4
    slang for a paunch wordnet
  5. 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

Synonyms

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bay windowcorporationpotpotpotbellystomach

Antonyms

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rub

Example

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"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.

Related phrases

gyppy tummyjiffy tummytummy buttontummy timetummy tuck

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