bellyache

noun
/ˈbɛliˌeɪk/

Etymology

From belly + ache.

  1. inherited from *akiz
  2. inherited from *aki
  3. inherited from *akaną — “to ache
  4. inherited from *akan
  5. inherited from acan
  6. inherited from aken
  7. compounded as bellyache — “belly + ache

Definitions

  1. Any pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen.

    • Eating too much candy can give you a bellyache.
  2. To unnecessarily complain or whine, often about simple matters.

    • Quit bellyaching about the problem and help us fix it.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bellyache. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA