Belly

  • 41Belly — Recorded in many forms including Belle, Bellay, Bellee, Beller, Bellie, Belly, Bellye, and the very rare and possibly extinct Bellyman this is a surname of conectural English origins. It is almost certainly ultimately of early French origin from… …

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  • 42belly —    The original sense of the word was bag, from a Germanic root element balg or belg that is related to bellows and billow. A belly swells out, as sails do when they belly in the wind …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 43belly\ up — I. adj informal Dead, bankrupt, or financially ruined. Tom and Dick struggled on for months with their tiny computer shop, but last year they went belly up. II. v informal To go bankrupt, become afunctional; to die. Uncompetitive small businesses …

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  • 44belly — noun (plural bellies) 1》 the front part of the human trunk below the ribs, containing the stomach and bowels.     ↘the stomach.     ↘(also belly pork) a cut of pork from the underside between the legs. 2》 the rounded underside of a ship or… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 45belly — 1. noun he scratched his belly Syn: stomach, abdomen, paunch, middle, midriff, girth; informal tummy, tum, breadbasket, gut, guts, insides, pot, potbelly, beer belly, spare tire 2. verb her skirt bellied out …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 46belly in — intransitive verb Etymology: belly (II) : to crash land an aircraft with landing gear retracted : belly land …

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  • 47belly up — {adj.}, {informal} Dead, bankrupt, or financially ruined. * /Tom and Dick struggled on for months with their tiny computer shop, but last year they went belly up./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 48belly up — {adj.}, {informal} Dead, bankrupt, or financially ruined. * /Tom and Dick struggled on for months with their tiny computer shop, but last year they went belly up./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 49belly-up — adjective Etymology: from the floating position of a dead fish Date: 1939 hopelessly ruined or defeated; especially bankrupt < the business went belly up > …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 50Belly — In der Luftfahrt bezeichnet der Begriff Belly (englisch für Bauch ) die unteren Laderäume. Hier können bei großen Passagier oder Frachtflugzeugen Unit Load Devices die Gepäck, Post oder Fracht enthalten oder mit Netzen gesichert lose Gegenstände&#8230; …

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