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tummy

/ˈtʌ.mi/

Rhymes with -ʌmi

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Imitating a child's attempt to say stomach, via archaic colloquialism stummy. Compare twee and pasghetti for similar phonetic reductions.

noun tummies · tummie

childish, colloquial, often The stomach or belly. "So I broke away early this mornin', gave my guard a kick in the tummy that laid him out, and sprinted for the camp."
Similar: belly
US, childish, colloquial, often, slang A protruding belly, paunch.
Similar: belly, bay window, beer baby, beer belly, beer gut, beer muscles, Buddha belly, corporation, German goitre, gorbelly, Milwaukee goiter, Molson muscle
childish, colloquial, euphemistic, often In reference to where a baby is carried, the abdomen, or specifically the womb, especially of a woman, but also of animals in general (usually mammals).
Similar: belly

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: tum, stomach, potbelly, pot, breadbasket, bay window, corporation, gut, stomachache, womb, underbelly, nerve, abdomen, belly, chow, dirt

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noun childish language for stomach

Español	bidón
日本語	ぽんぽん ponpon
Français	bidon
Deutsch	Bäuchlein
Italiano	pancia, pancino
Русский	живо́тик živótik, пу́зико púziko, брю́шко brjúško

noun belly

Español	barriga, barriguita, bola
Português	barriga
Deutsch	Bauch, Bäuchlein
Русский	живо́т živót, пу́зо púzo, брю́хо brjúxo, брю́шко brjúško

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@misc{tummy_2026,
  title = {tummy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tummy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}