tummy
/ˈtʌ.mi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- ""So I broke away early this mornin', gave my guard a kick in the tummy that laid him out, and sprinted for the camp.""
- "ALAN [to DISART]: It was terrible. We had to walk home. Four miles. I got the shakes. / DYSART: You were scared too? / ALAN [to DYSART]: It was like a hole had been drilled in my tummy. A hole—right there. And the air was getting in!"
- "I got love in my tummy and a tiny little pain / And a ten ton catastrophe on a 60 pound chain"
- "Oh man —pal! You didn't swallow that gum, did you?? It stays in your tummy for seven years and all the other bad stuff sticks to it and then a doctor has to cut it out with an axe!"
Etymology
Usage
- Colloquial
- American usage
- Slang