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bellyful

[ bel-ee-foo l ]

/ ˈbɛl iˌfʊl /

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noun, plural bel·ly·fuls. Informal.

all that a person can tolerate: I've had a bellyful of your whining.

Origin of bellyful

First recorded in 1525–35; belly + -ful

Words nearby bellyful

bellyache, bellyband, bellyboard, bellybutton, bellybutton surgery, bellyful, belmondo, belmont, belmont stakes, belmonte, belmopan

Example sentences from the Web for bellyful

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 |DAILY BEAST
He furnishes some one a bellyful of hating and fighting every week.

The Snow-Burner |Henry Oyen
He'll throw more stunts than a small boy with a bellyful of green apples.

Blue Goose |Frank Lewis Nason
And when he is found, call a public postmortem, and prove that we gave him his bellyful.

Erema |R. D. Blackmore

Well, he's got his bellyful now of the salt water that he came so far to see.

By What Authority? |Robert Hugh Benson
I should say that both sides had got their bellyful of fighting.

In the Valley |Harold Frederic

British Dictionary definitions for bellyful

bellyful

/ (ˈbɛlɪˌfʊl) /

noun

as much as one wants or can eat

slang more than one can tolerate