Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yellowbelly

/ˈjɛləʊbɛli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: yel-low-bel-ly
IPA: /ˈjɛləʊbɛli/

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Informal

noun

Someone from Lincolnshire, or from the Isle of Ely.

British usage; Slang

noun

Someone from Wexford.

Slang

noun

A golden perch (Macquaria ambigua).

Australian usage

noun

A yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius).

Informal

Example Sentences

"The creeks gave us lots of food, too—yellow belly and jew, perch and eel."

Etymology

* From yellow + belly. * (someone from Lincolnshire or Isle of Ely): An allusion to the frogs and yellow-bellied eels caught there.

Usage

Inflected Forms

yellowbellies (plural)

Phrases

yellow-bellied yellowbelly slider yellow-bellied slider

Frequently Paired Words

yellowbelly slider yellow-bellied slider redbelly

Synonyms

chicken bottler caitiff candy-ass candy-arse coistril coward chicken liver chickenshit cocktail cowardy custard craven

Questions

How do you pronounce yellowbelly?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjɛləʊbɛli/.
What does yellowbelly mean?: A coward.
Where does yellowbelly come from?: * From yellow + belly. * (someone from Lincolnshire or Isle of Ely): An allusion to the frogs and yellow-bellied eels caught there.

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