bellyful

[ bel-ee-fool ]
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noun,plural bel·ly·fuls.Informal.
  1. all that a person can tolerate: I've had a bellyful of your whining.

Origin of bellyful

1
First recorded in 1525–35; belly + -ful

Words Nearby bellyful

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How to use bellyful in a sentence

  • For those looking for a bellyful of laughs, two humorous pieces in the yuletide spirit.

    A Mark Twain Christmas Story | The Daily Beast | December 24, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • He could not see the connection between morality and a bellyful of food.

    Grif | B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
  • He furnishes some one a bellyful of hating and fighting every week.

    The Snow-Burner | Henry Oyen
  • I have always had my bellyful and a good shirt to my back before this confounded scamp put his nose into my crib.

    Love and Intrigue | Friedrich Schiller
  • Some of us were scandalized and some amused, till Alcidamas found he had his bellyful, being no match for the tough little fellow.

British Dictionary definitions for bellyful

bellyful

/ (ˈbɛlɪˌfʊl) /


noun
  1. as much as one wants or can eat

  2. slang more than one can tolerate

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