tummy

«tummy» in Mova's school dictionary: your stomach or belly; it is a friendly, informal word… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a tummy, tummies)

meaning for a pupil

Your tummy is your stomach or belly; it is a friendly, informal word used especially with children. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and health, «tummy ache» means a pain in your belly; it can come from eating too much, worry, or an illness. «Butterflies in my tummy» means feeling nervous. A «tummy bug» is an illness that makes you sick. In PE you might lie «on your tummy». In science lessons the proper word is «stomach» (the organ that digests food), though «tummy» often means the whole belly.

examples

• I have a tummy ache. tree →
• The baby likes lying on her tummy. tree →
• My tummy is rumbling; I'm hungry. tree →
• I had butterflies in my tummy before the show. tree →
• He stayed home with a tummy bug. tree →
• The puppy rolled over to have its tummy rubbed. tree →
• Too many sweets will hurt your tummy. tree →

note

Plural «tummies» (y → ies). Informal; in science writing use «stomach» or «abdomen». Also «tum». If a tummy ache is very bad or will not go away, tell an adult; it may need a doctor.

In the corpora

• And bots are not doctors or friends: a sore tummy or a sad feeling goes to a grown-up who knows you.
• You remember Mia's tummy ache and Chloe's grandma's birthday, and you "lived" a rainy school trip.
• Taffy draws lying flat on her tummy with her legs in the air.
• "Tummy bug" means a stomach infection with being sick or diarrhoea; it is everyday British English.
• A rumbling tummy, low energy and grumpiness can be signs of hunger.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tummy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.