• BELLIBONE
n. 1579 – a beautiful and excellent woman; one who excels in beauty and goodness, a bonny lass (obs.)
• BELLIC
adj. 1627 – pertaining to war; warlike, martial (obs.)
• BELLICAL
adj. 1513 – pert. to war; warlike (obs.)
• BELLICAN
n. Bk1878 – an obese person (Eng. dial.)
• BELLICHE
adv. 1394 – beautifully (rare)
• BELLICK
vb. 1809 – of persons, esp. children: to cry loudly, to roar (Eng. dial.)
• BELLICON
n. 1. Bk1898 – a blustering fellow (Sc. obs.)
n. 2. Bk1898 – an obese person or animal; a glutton (Eng. dial.)
• BELLICOSE
adj. 1432-50 – inclined to war or fighting; warlike
• BELLICOSELY
adv. 1882 – in a warlike manner
• BELLICOSITY
n. 1884 – warlike inclination
• BELLICOUS
adj. 1536 – inclined to war or fighting; warlike (obs.)
• BELLIED
adj. 1. 1532 – big-bellied, corpulent
adj. 2. a1564 – inflated with pride
adj. 3. a1593 – made large and full, rounded; bulging; blown or puffed out
adj. 4. 2003 – drunk (UK sl.)
• BELLIE-MANTIE
n. Bk1911 Sc. – blindman’s buff
• BELLIFEROUS
adj. 1730 obs. – that brings war
• BELLIFY
vb. 1540 obs. rare – to embellish, to beautify
• BELLIGERATE
vb. 1623 obs. – to make war
• BELLIGERATI
n. 2000 Amer. political sl. – any belligerent person or group
• BELLIGERATION
n. 1676 obs. – waging or making war
• BELLIGERENT
n. 1811 – one who causes contention or strife; a person waging regular war
• BELLIGEROUS
adj. 1731 obs. rare – waging war
• BELLIGUT
n. 1925 Sc. – a glutton
• BELLI-HOOIN’
n. Bk1911 Sc. – riotousness
• BELLIKIN
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – an immoderate eater or drinker
• BELLING
adj. 1583 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – roaring, bellowing; noisy
n. 1. c1440 obs. – the roaring of animals; bellowing
n. 2. 1513 – the cry of deer in the rutting season; hence, the season itself
n. 3. 1583 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – noisy crying, shouting or roaring of human beings
n. 4. 1862 Amer. dial. – a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds; bells, shotguns, or any noise-making device was used
• BELLIPOTENT
adj. 1635 – mighty or powerful in war
• BELLIS
vb. 1. 1865 Eng. dial. – to beat, to flog
vb. 2. 1893 Eng. dial. – to drive, to disturb
vb. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to bustle about
• BELLISAND
adj. Bk1911 Sc. – elegant; of imposing appearance
• BELLISE
vb. 1. 1865 Eng. dial. – to beat, to flog; to whip, to scourge
vb. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to bustle about
• BELLISH
vb. c1440 obs. – to embellish
• BELLISHMENT
n. 1611 obs. – embellishment
• BELLITUDE
n. 1623 obs. – beauty, fairness
• BELLITY-BUMP
adv. 1943 Amer. dial. – coasting on a sled face down
n. 1943 Amer. dial. – the act of coasting on a sled face down, usually after running and throwing oneself onto the sled
• BELLITY BUMPER
n. 1973 Amer. dial. – the act of coasting on a sled face down, usually after running and throwing oneself onto the sled
• BELLITY-SPLIT
adv. 1935 Amer. dial. – at top speed
• BELL-JESSY
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a top-hat
• BELL-KITE
n. 1876 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – a term of contempt
• BELLMAN
n. 1. 1391 – a man employed to go round the streets of a town and make public announcements, to which he attracts attention by ringing a bell; a town-crier; formerly, a bellman announced deaths, and called on the faithful to pray for the souls of the departed; a bellman also acted as night-watchman, and called the hours
n. 2. 1617 obs. rare – he who ‘bears the bell’; the best or most excellent
• BELLMAN-SUCKER
n. 1891 Eng. dial. – a beating administered to one sent on an April-fool’s errand
• BELLMARE
n. Bk1891 US sl. – a political leader: mostly in contempt
• BELLOCH
n. 1. Bk1911 Sc. – a narrow mountain-pass
n. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – a roar, a bellow
vb. Bk1911 Sc. – to bellow; to cry loudly, to roar
• BELLOCK
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a loud cry, a roar
vb. 1. 1809 Eng. dial. – of persons, esp. children: to cry loudly, to roar
vb. 2. 1866 Eng. dial. – of cattle: to low, to roar
vb. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to complain, to grumble
vb. 4. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to eat greedily, to devour
• BELLOCKER
n. 1. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a greedy person
n. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – anything very large of its kind
• BELLOCKING
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – very large
• BELL-OIL
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a good thrashing
• BELLOMANCY
n. 1646 – divination by means of arrows
• BELLOMY
n. 1535 Sc. obs. – a blustering or audacious man
• BELLONA
n. 1. 1605 – the Roman goddess of war; a spirited woman of commanding presence
n. 2. 1820 – an imposing and strong-willed woman; a courageous woman; a heroine
• BELLONIAN
adj. 1711 – warlike
• BELLONIE
n. Bk1911 Sc. – a brawling, noisy woman
• BELLOSIOUS
adj. 1586 obs. rare – warlike
• BELLOT
n. 1796 Eng. dial. obs. – the man who had charge of the bull at a bull-baiting
• BELLOWER
n. a1624 – he who bellows; the town crier
• BELLOWS
n. 1615 – the lungs
vb. 1. 1883 Eng. dial. – to breathe hard; to be out of breath
vb. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to walk hurriedly, to go panting along
• BELLOWS-BLOWER
n. 1849 – an inciter of strife, etc.
• BELLOWSED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – exhausted, out of breath
• BELLOWSER
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a violent blow or hard task which takes away one’s breath
• BELLOWSING
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – panting or exhaustion after running
• BELLOWS TO MEND
adj. 1881 Eng. dial. – out of breath, exhausted
• BELL OX
n. 1969 Amer. lumberjacks’ usage – the camp foreman
• BELL-PENNY
n. Bk1898 Sc. – money saved for paying one’s funeral expenses
• BELL-POW
n. 1828 Sc. – a bald head
• BELL-PUSHER
n. Bk1975 Amer. sl. – a door-to-door salesman, who spends his time ringing doorbells
• BELLRAIVE
vb. Bk1911 Sc. – to rove about; to be unsteady; to act on impulse
• BELL-RINGER
n. 1. 1960 Amer. sl. – a door-to-door salesman or canvasser
n. 2. 1968 US horse racing usage – one who seeks to make a wager after the horses have left the starting gate
n. 3. Bk1975 Amer. sl. – a local politician
n. 4. Bk1975 Amer. sl. – a tobacco chewer
n. 5. Bk1975 US sl. – a fact or bit of information that enables one to remember or comprehend something
n. 6. Bk1978 railroad usage – a fireman
• BELL ROPE
n. 1969 US sl. – the penis
• BELL-ROSE
n. Bk1888 Eng. dial. – the daffodil
• BELLS
int. 1948 US sl. – used for expressing approval
n. 1. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – the fuchsia plant
n. 2. 1948 UK sl., orig. naval usage – bell-bottom trousers
• BELLS AND WHISTLES
n. 1. 1983 US sl. – entertaining features that are nor necessary to a computer game
n. 2. 1988 US sl. – extra features designed by underwriters to attract investors in a bond issue
• BELL-SCHNICKEL
n. 1. 1869 Amer. dial. – St. Nicholas, Santa Claus or St. Nicholas’ servant whose duty it was to punish naughty children or reward good ones
n. 2. 1869 Amer. dial. – a person in disguise who visits friends or relatives at Christmas time to play pranks or beg for gifts or refreshments
• BELL SHEEP
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – a leader; a big shot; a person who tries to appear important
• BELLSNICKLE
n. 1. 1872 Amer. dial. – St. Nicholas, Santa Claus or St. Nicholas’ servant whose duty it was to punish naughty children or reward good ones
n. 2. 1953 Amer. dial. – a person in disguise who visits friends or relatives at Christmas time to play pranks or beg for gifts or refreshments
vb. 1881 Amer. dial. – to go about merrymaking, usually from door to door and in fantastic costume, during the Christmas season
• BELLSNIGGLE
vb. 1881 Amer. dial. – to go about merrymaking, usually from door to door and in fantastic costume, during the Christmas season
• BELLSTER
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a bell-ringer
• BELLSWAGGER
n. 1592 obs. – a swaggering gallant or bully; a whoremonger, a pimp
• BELLTAIL
n. 1917 Amer. dial. – a rattlesnake
• BELL TELEPHONE HOUR
n. 1991 US sl. – a session of torture in which US soldiers used the electricity from field telephones to shock suspected Viet Cong
• BELL THE CAT
vb. 1. 1762 – to undertake a perilous part, or to be the ringleader in any movement
vb. 2. US Civil War usage – to encounter and cripple one of great and superior force
• BELLTINKER
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to beat, to thrash
• BELLUINE
adj. 1618 obs. – pertaining to or characteristic of beasts; beast-like, brutal, savage
• BELLUM
n. 1. Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a blast, as of wind; force, impetus
n. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – a stroke; a blow
• BELLUS
vb. 1881 Eng. dial. – to shout loudly; of oxen: to low
• BELLUS-ERSE
n. 1933 Sc. – a person with protuberant posteriors
• BELLWAVER
vb. 1. 1820 Sc. – to fluctuate, to waver, to vacillate, to be inconstant
vb. 2. Bk1911 Sc. – to tell a story incoherently
vb. 3. Bk1911 Sc. – to stroll
vb. 4. Bk1911 Sc. – to struggle
• BELL-WAVERING
n. 1820 Sc. – fluttering; rambling
• BELL-WEDDER
n. Bk1828 Eng. dial. – a fretful, bellowing child
• BELL-WETHER
n. 1. c1430 – a chief or leader; chiefly contemptuous usage
n. 2. c1460 – a clamorous person; one ready to give mouth; a gossiping woman; a fretful child
n. 3. Bk1992 criminals’ sl. obs. – the leader of a gang of criminals, because the wether in a flock of sheep usually wears a bell around his neck
n. 4. Bk1999 baseball usage – in baseball: the leader of a pitching staff
• BELL-WETHERING
n. 1882 – the fact of leading and being led ‘like sheep’
• BELL-WETHERISHNESS
n. 1882 – tendency to follow one who takes the lead
• BELL-WOMAN
n. Bk1873 Eng. dial. – a former fishing-town crier; going from house to house, she opened the door, rung her bell in the entrance, and then made her announcement
• BELLY
n. 1. c950 obs. – a bag, skin-bag, purse, pod, husk
n. 2. c1275 obs. – the body
n. 3. c1340 – the bowels
n. 4. c1440 – the womb, the uterus
n. 5. 1526 obs. – a glutton
n. 6. 1526 – the body in its capacity for indulgence of appetite; gluttony
n. 7. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a litter of pigs or of rabbits
n. 8. 1920s sl. – a joke
n. 9. 1963 US sl. – the swell in a thicker-than-normal surfboard
n. 10. 1965 Barbados sl. – a stomach ache
n. 11. 1982 Barbados sl. – pregnancy
n. 12. Bk1975 US sl. – courage, guts
n. 13. 1997 US sl. – a fat person
vb. 1. 1624 – to bulge out, to swell out
vb. 2. 1641 obs. – to become corpulent or stout
vb. 3. Bk1898 Sc. – to eat or drink voraciously; to cram with food
vb. 4. Bk1911 Sc. – to bellow; to weep loudly
• BELLYACHE
n. 1. 1552 sl. – stomach pain
n. 2. 1975 US sl. – any small-town newspaper
vb. 1881 – to complain fretfully
• BELLY-ACHER
n. 1885 sl. – a person who complains querulously or unreasonably; a whiner, a whinger
• BELLY-ACHING
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – fretful, complaining
• BELLY AND BACK
adv. 1996 Guyana sl. – completely; without mercy
• BELLY-BARE
adv. 1940 Amer. dial. – sliding face-down on a sled
• BELLY-BENDER
n. 1877 Amer. dial. – a floating piece of ice, or weak ice, which bends under one
• BELLY BINDER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – cheese
• BELLY-BLIND
adj. Bk1911 Sc. – quite blind
n. c1450 Sc. – a blindfolded person; esp. in the game of Blindman’s Buff; the game of Blindman’s Buff
• BELLY-BLUSTER
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water
• BELLY-BOARD
adv. 1943 Amer. dial. – sliding face-down on a sled
• BELLYBOARDER
n. 1964 – a person who rides a bellyboard (a short, light surfboard ridden in a prone position, typically made of plywood)
• BELLY-BOOSTER
adv. 20C US sl. – of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards
n. 1912 Amer. dial. – a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly
• BELLY-BOUNCE
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – the act of coasting on a sled face down
• BELLY-BOUNCER
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – the act of coasting on a sled face down
• BELLY-BOUND
adj. 1607 – constipated
• BELLY BRASS
n. c1920 US sl. – fraternity, fraternal, honorary, or civic insignia, keys, seals, decorative emblems, usually gold, worn as charms dangling from a watch-chain across the belly or chest of a vest, esp. by college youths
• BELLY-BRUSSEN
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – distended, ruptured
• BELLY-BUMBO
n. 1877 Amer. dial. – a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly
• BELLY-BUMP
adv. 1973 US sl. – of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards
n. 1. 1888 Amer. dial. – the act of coasting on a sled face down
n. 2. 1966 Amer. dial. – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water
vb. 1. Bk1903 sl. – to possess carnally
vb. 2. 1961 US sl. – to jostle; to shove; to rough up
vb. 3. 1962 Amer. dial. – to coast on a sled lying down flat
• BELLY-BUMPER
adv. 20C US sl. – of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards
n. 1. 1611 obs. – a seducer, a womanizer; a promiscuous man
n. 2. 1868 Amer. dial. – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water
n. 3. 1912 Amer. dial. – a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly
• BELLY-BUMPITS
n. 1943 Amer. dial. – a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly
• BELLY-BUMPO
n. 1943 Amer. dial. – a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly
• BELLY-BUMPUS
n. 1943 Amer. dial. – a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly
• BELLY-BUNK
n. 1896 Amer. dial. – a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly
• BELLY-BUNKER
vb. 1971 Amer. dial. – to coast on a sled lying down flat
• BELLY-BUNT
n. 1. 1890 Amer. dial. – a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly
n. 2. 1966 Amer. dial. – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water
• BELLY-BURGLAR
n. c1915 Amer. sl.. orig. Navy & Army usage – any person whose work is to buy and/or prepare food, esp. a U.S. Navy commissary steward, an Army mess sergeant, or a logging camp cook
• BELLY-BUSTER
adv. 20C US sl. – of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards
n. 1. 1889 Amer. dial. – a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly
n. 2. 1892 Amer. dial. – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water
n. 3. 1968 Amer. dial. – a shotgun
n. 4. 1981 US sl. – a greasy hamburger or other food likely to provoke indigestion
• BELLY-BUTT
n. 1943 Amer. dial. – a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly
• BELLY-BUTTING
n. 1943 Amer. dial. – a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly
• BELLY-CABUMP
n. 1943 Amer. dial. – a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly
• BELLY-CACHUNK
n. 1943 Amer. dial. – a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly
• BELLY-CAHOOT
n. 1943 Amer. dial. – a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly
• BELLY CEMENT
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – cheese
• BELLY-CHEAT
n. 1. 1609 sl. – an apron
n. 2. 1622 sl. – something for the belly; food
• BELLY-CHEATER
n. 1944 Amer. jocular usage – a steward or cook
• BELLY-CHEER
n. 1. 1549 obs. – a feasting, gluttony, luxurious eating
n. 2. 1579 obs. – food of all kinds; provisions
vb. 1549 obs. – to feast luxuriously, revel; to indulge in food and drink
• BELLY-CHURL
n. Bk1867 sl. – a rustic glutton
• BELLY-CLAPPER
n. 1. 1968 Amer. dial. – a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly
n. 2. 1968 Amer. dial. – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water
• BELLY-COAST
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly
• BELLY-COASTER
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly
• BELLY-COURAGE
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – boasting. brag
• BELLY COUSIN
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a man who has slept with a woman you slept with
• BELLY-CRITIC
n. a1711 – a connoisseur of good living
• BELLY-CUTTER
n. 1859 Amer. dial. – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly
• BELLY-DEEP
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a bullfrog
• BELLY-DIVE
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water
• BELLY-DOWN
vb. 1971 Amer. dial. – to coast on a sled lying down flat
• BELLY-DRIGHT
n. 1868 Eng. dial. – as much as can be drunk at one breath
• BELLY-FASHION
adv. 1973 Amer. dial. – lying on the belly coasting down a hill
• BELLY FIDDLE
n. 20C African-American sl. – a guitar
• BELLY-FLAP
adv. 1819 Eng. dial. – flat on the stomach
n. 1895 Amer. dial. – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water
• BELLY-FLAPPER
adv. 20C US sl. – of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards
n. 1. 1895 Eng. & Amer. dial. – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water
n. 2. 1896 Amer. dial. – a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly
• BELLY-FLAUGHT
adj. c1375 Sc. – headlong; stretched flat; face downward; precipitate
• BELLY-FLAUGHTERED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – thrown flat on the ground
• BELLY-FLIP
n. 1. 1895 Amer. dial. – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water
n. 2. 1896 Amer. dial. – a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly
• BELLYFLOP
adv. 20C US sl. – of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards
n. 1. 1895 Amer. dial. – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water
n. 2. 1896 Amer. dial. – a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly
n. 3. Bk2007 sl. – a total failure
vb. 1920s sl. – to throw oneself down; to collapse; to fall badly
• BELLY-FLOPPER
n. 1. 1895 Amer. dial. – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water
n. 2. 1919 Amer. dial. – a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly
• BELLY-FLOUNCER
n. 1943 Amer. dial. – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly
• BELLY-FLOUNDERS
n. 1860 Amer. dial. – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly
• BELLY-FLUMPS
n. 1859 Amer. dial. – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly
• BELLY-FRET
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a querulous complaint
• BELLY-FRIEND
n. ?1589 obs. – one who pretends friendship for his own interest; an insincere friend; a parasite, a sponger
• BELLY-FUCKER
n. 1. Bk1972 US homosexual sl. – a homosexual man attracted to men with taut stomachs
n. 2. Bk1972 US homosexual sl. – a homosexual man who achieves ejaculation by rubbing his penis on his partner’s stomach
• BELLYFUL
n. 1. L14 – a sufficiency, whether of food or drink or something else which the subject has lost patience with or interest in through repetition
n. 2. M17 sl. – a thrashing
• BELLY FULL AND BEHIND DRUNK
adj. 20C W. Indies sl. – immobile, incapable of movement after a large meal and a good deal to drink
• A BELLYFUL OF MARROW-PUDDING
n. 19C – pregnancy (Brit. sl.)
• BELLY-FURNITURE
n. 1653 – something wherewith to furnish the belly; food (sl.)
• BELLY-GERT
n. 1969 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY GLUE
n. Bk1942 – cheese (US sl.)
• BELLY-GLUT
n. Bk1877 – a greedy glutton (Eng. dial.)
• BELLY-GOD
n. c1540 – one who makes a god of his belly; one whose great pleasure it is to gratify his appetite; a glutton; an epicure
• BELLY GODDYS
n. Bk1869 – people whose god is their belly (sl.)
• BELLY-GO-FIRSTER
n. E19 – a blow to the stomach, esp. one given with no warning, or at the start of a fight (sl.)
• BELLY-GO-FISTER
n. E19 – a blow to the stomach, esp. one given with no warning, or at the start of a fight (sl.)
• BELLY-GO-FUSTER
n. E19 sl. – a blow to the stomach, esp. one given with no warning, or at the start of a fight
• BELLY GO LAKE THEE
phr. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – take thy fill, indulge thy appetite
• BELLY-GOURDON
n. Bk1898 Sc. – a glutton
• BELLY GREASE
n. 1930s US sl. – hard liquor
• BELLY-GRINDER
vb. 1890 Amer. dial. – to slide down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly
• BELLY-GRINDING
n. 1579 – pain the bowels, colic
• BELLY-GRUNTING
n. 1920s Aust. sl. – a bad stomach-ache
• BELLY-GULCH
n. 1889 Eng. dial. – a glutton
• BELLY-GULP
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a hiccup
• BELLY GUM
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – cheese
• BELLY GUN
n. 1920s sl., orig. US – a small gun that is most effective when fired at short range, esp. when aimed at a victim’s abdomen
• BELLY-GUT
adv. 20C – of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards (US sl.)
n. 1. 1540 – a slothful glutton; a greedy, lazy person
n. 2. 1845 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
n. 3. 1965 – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water (Amer. dial.)
vb. 1912 – to slide down a hill lying face downward on the sled (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-GUTSIES
n. 1965 – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-GUTTER
n. 1. 1859 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
n. 2. 1965 – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water (Amer dial.)
• BELLY HABIT
n. 1940s – pains in the stomach that may accompany withdrawal from continued heroin use (drug culture sl.)
• BELLY HOLE
n. 1965 – the navel (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-HOOCHER
n. 1968 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-HUDROUN
n. Bk1911 – a glutton (Sc.)
• BELLY-HUMP
vb. 1892 – to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled (Amer. dial.)
• BELLYING
adj. a1700 – swelling, bulging out
n. 1662 – a swelling or bulging out
• BELLY-JUMPER
n. 1968 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-KABONK
n. 1970 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-KACHUG
n. 1971 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-KACHUNK
n. 1971 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-KITE
n. Bk1898 – one who eats unwholesome things (Eng. dial.)
• BELLY-LANDING
n. 1965 – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-LAUGH
n. 1. 1920s – a joke (sl.)
n. 2. 1921 – a deep reverberant laugh
• BELLY-MAN
n. Bk1898 – a glutton (Eng. dial.)
• BELLY MEMBER
n. 1967 – a person who goes to church very seldom (only comes when there’s a church supper) (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-METAL
n. 1590 – food
• BELLY-MOUNTAINED
adj. 1654 – having a large prominent belly; fat-bellied (obs.)
• BELLY-MUCK
n. 1844 – refuse, rubbish (Eng. dial.)
• BELLY-NAKED
adj. Bk1898 – entirely naked (Eng. dial.)
• BELLY-NIPPLE
n. Bk1898 – the navel (Eng. dial.)
• BELLY PAD
n. 1958 – a pancake (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-PATCH
n. 1795 – a chef, a cook (UK sl.)
• BELLY-PAUNCH
n. 1553-87 – a great eater, a glutton (obs..)
• BELLY-PIECE
n. 1. 1591 – the flesh covering the belly (obs.)
n. 2. 1609 – the piece forming the belly of a violin, etc. (obs.)
n. 3. 1632 – a concubine, a mistress, a prostitute, a whore (obs.)
n. 4. 1689 – the part of the dress covering the belly; an apron (obs.)
• BELLY-PINCHED
adj. 1605 – having a belly pinched for want of food; hungry, starved
• BELLY-PLEA
n. 18C – a plea, offered by a female criminal facing the death sentence, that since she is pregnant, the law should spare her unborn child’s life (sl.)
• BELLY-PLUMPER
adv. 1877 – lying on the belly while coasting down a hill (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-PROUD
adj. Bk1898 – fastidious with regard to food (Eng. dial.)
• BELLY QUEEN
n. 1. 1965 – one who rubs his penis on his partner’s stomach to produce ejaculation (US homosexual sl.)
n. 2. 1966 – a homosexual man who enjoys face-to-face intercourse, usually between the partner’s thighs (US homosexual sl..)
n. 3. Bk1972 – one who only likes partners with flat, hard stomachs (US homosexual sl.)
• BELLY-RACK
n. Bk1898 – an act of gormandizing (Sc.)
• BELLY RIDE
n. 1. 1950 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
n. 2. Bk1998 – copulation (sl.)
• BELLY-RIDING
n. 1950 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-RIVE
n. Bk1911 – a great feast; a social gathering (Sc.)
• BELLY ROBBER
n. 1. c1915 – any person whose work is to buy and/or prepare food, esp. a U.S. Navy commissary steward, an Army mess sergeant, or a logging camp cook (US sl., orig. Navy & Army usage)
n. 2. 1929 – a prison kitchen employee (prison sl.)
• BELLY-RUB
n. 1938 – a dance (Amer. dial.)
vb. 1938 – to dance closely with someone (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-SHAKING LAUGH
n. 1920s – a deep, sonorous laugh (sl.)
• BELLYSHIP
n. 1600 – the personality of the belly (humorous)
• BELLY-SLAM
n. 1. 1948 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
n. 2. 1965 – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water (Amer. dial.)
vb. 1971 – to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-SLAMMER
n. 1. 1965 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
n. 2. 1965 – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-SLAP
n. 1968 – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-SLAPPER
n. 1968 – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-SLAVE
n. 1562 – one devoted to eating and drinking; one who is a slave to his appetite; a glutton (obs.)
• BELLY-SLEDDING
n. 1950 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-SLIDE
n. 1971 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-SLIDER
n. 1969 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-SMACK
n. 1965 – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-SMACKER
n. 1. 1917 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
n. 2. 1965 – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-SMASH
n. 1965 – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-SMASHER
n. 1. 1965 – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water (Amer. dial.)
n. 2. 1967 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-SPLASH
n. 1965 – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-SPLASHER
n. 1965 – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water (Amer. dial.)
• BELLYSWAGGER
n. 1592 – a swaggering gallant or bully; a whoremonger, a pimp (obs.)
• BELLY-SWAIN
n. a1587 – a glutton (obs.)
• BELLYTER
n. a1528 – a beggar (obs.)
• BELLY THE WALL
vb. 1950 – to stand facing a wall for inspection by prison guards (US sl.)
• BELLY-THRAWE
n. 1595 – pain in the belly, colic (Sc.)
• BELLY THROUGH THE BRUSH
vb. 1968 – to hide and dodge the law (US cowboys’ usage)
• BELLY-THUMPER
n. 1920s – a dive in which one lands flat on the belly, rather than cutting through the water (sl.)
• BELLY TICKLER
n. 1950 – an abrupt dip or bump in a road or path, either naturally occurring, esp. in ice or snow, or deliberately made. esp. to divert runoff, or to slow automobile traffic (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-TIMBER
n. 1607 – food, provisions (obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-TO-BUMP
adv. 1943 – lying flat on the belly coasting down a hill (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-TO-BUNT
adv. 1943 – lying flat on the belly coasting down a hill (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-TO-BUTT
adv. 1943 – lying flat on the belly coasting down a hill (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-TUNK
n. 1975 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-UP
adj. 1. Bk1903 – pregnant (sl.)
adj. 2. Bk1942 – dead (US sl.)
adj. 3. Bk2006 – alcohol intoxicated (US sl.)
vb. 1979 – (as ‘belly up’) to show signs of pregnancy (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY UP TO
vb. 1953 – to approach something straight on, to move straight ahead (US sl.)
• BELLY-VENGEANCE
n. 1. 1826 – sour drink; sour ale, cider, wine, etc.; very weak , sour beer (Eng. dial.)
n. 2. Bk1898 – stomach-ache, resulting from drinking anything sour (Eng. dial.)
• BELLY-WALLOP
n. 1968 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-WASH
n. 1. 1889 – a weak or bad drink, usually alcoholic (Amer. dial.)
n. 2. 1900 – a soft drink (Amer. dial.)
n. 3. 1958 – nonsense; ‘hog wash’ (Amer. logging usage)
• BELLY WASHER
n. 1. 1909 – a soft drink (Amer. dial.)
n. 2. 1966 – a nickname for wine (Amer. dial.)
n. 3. 1967 – a very heavy rain (Amer. dial.)
n. 4. 1969 – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-WATCH
n. Bk1898 – a sense of hunger (Eng. dial.)
• BELLY-WHACK
adv. 1949 – coasting face-down on a sled (Amer. dial.)
n. 1. 1896 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
n. 2. 1965 – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-WHACKER
n. 1. 1943 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
n. 2. 1965 – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-WHACKY
n. 1943 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-WHOMPER
n. 1965 – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-WHOP
n. 1943 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-WHOPPER
adv. 1934 – coasting face-down on a sled (Amer. dial.)
n. 1. 1940 – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water (Amer. dial.)
n. 2. 1943 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
vb. 1890 – to coast lying on the stomach (Amer. dial.)
• THE BELLY WILL THINK THE THROAT IS CUT
phr. Bk1905 – one will be hungry (Eng. dial.)
• BELLY-WOCKER
n. 1965 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-WOMAN
n. 1816 – an unmarried pregnant woman (W. Indies)
• BELLY-WOMPER
n. 1965 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-WOP
n. 1965 – a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY-WOPPER
n. 1949 – a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly (Amer. dial.)
• BELLY WOW
n. Bk1942 – something excellent (US sl.)
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Updated: May 11, 2023
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