tummy

[tuhm-ee]

noun

Informal.

plural

tummies 

1. stomach.

   The baby had a pain in his tummy.

tummy

/ ˈtʌmɪ /

noun

1. an informal or childish word for stomach

Word History and Origins

Origin of tummy¹

First recorded in 1865–70; nursery alteration of stomach

Example Sentences

If her globe-shaped tummy had been a real globe, she would have gone from sunrise to sunset, just like that.

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“Alexander is dizzy, and Cassiopeia is in bed with a tummy ache. Would you be so kind as to have the doctor called?”

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“You are so kind to include them, sir, but it is long past the children’s bedtime—and I fear the cigar smoke would upset their tummies after such a rich meal.”

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He rubbed his tummy and spoke slowly and loudly for the sake of the children.

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“They do know when someone someone’s ill, right?” he said to no one before scratching Penny’s tummy and cooing, “You know I’m ill, right? I’m ill!”

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Related Words

• abdomen 
• belly