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bellyful

noun

Etymology

From belly + -ful.

  1. derived from *bʰelǵʰ-✻ — “to swell, blow up”
  2. inherited from *balgiz✻
  3. inherited from *balgi✻
  4. inherited from bielġ — “bag, pouch, bulge”
  5. inherited from bely
  6. suffixed as bellyful — “belly + ful”

Definitions

  1. Enough to fill one's belly

    Enough to fill one's belly; a large portion of food eaten.

  2. An undesirably large quantity of something.

    • She gave me a bellyful of abuse when I arrived home late.

The neighborhood

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