Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bellywark

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bel-ly-wark
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pain in the stomach; bellyache; colic; gripe.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A shot in marbles made with the taw held against the belly.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From belly + wark (“pain”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

bellywarks (plural) belly-wark (alternative) bellywaak (alternative) belly-waak (alternative) bellywahk (alternative) belly-wahk (alternative) bellywarch (alternative) belly-warch (alternative) bally-warche (alternative) bellywartch (alternative) bally-wartch (alternative) belly-wartch (alternative)

Questions

What does bellywark mean?
A pain in the stomach; bellyache; colic; gripe.
Where does bellywark come from?
From belly + wark (“pain”).

How to pronounce bellywark

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