bellyful

[bel-ee-fool]

noun

Informal.

plural

bellyfuls 

1. all that a person can tolerate.

   I've had a bellyful of your whining.

bellyful

/ ˈbɛlɪˌfʊl /

noun

1. as much as one wants or can eat

2. slang,  more than one can tolerate

Word History and Origins

Origin of bellyful¹

First recorded in 1525–35; belly + -ful

Example Sentences

There’s also the matter of a giant catfish that carries a bellyful of biblical implications.

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As Celtic lifted the trophy, most Rangers fans had already exited, presumably having had a bellyful of disappointment for one day.

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The apex of that transformation arrived with the N.F.L. planting this year’s event in Las Vegas, where the prevailing ethos might well be that a bellyful of anything is barely enough.

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With a powerful radar that rotates six times every minute on the fuselage and a bellyful of surveillance gear, the plane can spot missile launches, airborne bombing runs and other military activity in the conflict.

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Williams — who said she endured a week of “misery, sadness, and bellyfuls of antibiotics and steroids” during her illness — previously defended the band’s decision to postpone shows in San Francisco, Seattle and Oregon last month.

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