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Definition of “bellyache”

bellyache (ˈbɛlɪˌeɪk Pronunciation for bellyache

Definitions

noun

  1. an informal term for stomachache

verb

  1. intr (slang) to complain repeatedly

Derived Forms

ˈbellyˌacher noun

Example Sentences Including 'bellyache'

"The high-frequency sick-note generators overwhelmingly fall into the backache, bellyache and flu category.
Mail and Guardian (2005)
After all, many patients with bellyache preface their attendance with a slightly apologetic: `I just want to make sure it's not my appendix.
Times, Sunday Times (2005)
No matter if you wanted to go out, or had bellyache and couldn't swallow a thing---you sat down As A Family and talked together.
Kate Cann READY? (2001)
People came in to see the doctor with a headache or a backache or a bellyache and it turned out to be something terminal.
Clive Barker EVERVILLE (2001)
Rovers boss Brian Kidd said: `We are not going to bellyache -- you get decisions like that.
Sun, News of the World (1999)

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