Definitions
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- noun Whining and complaining, often contrived to evoke pity or shirk responsibility.
- verb Present participle of
bellyache .
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Examples
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At home, when the Captain isn't tired, having a migraine, or stressed out (thereby giving in to yelling), I look at him and tell him to get back with me when he's done "bellyaching" and I walk into another room.
Quick Online Tips 2009
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One is the quasi-Democratic tilt of the screenplay, with bad guys bellyaching about taxes on the rich and encroaching Socialism (gee, that sounds familiar).
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They might also consider suggesting that she take naptime before her speech, and offer her a snack of apple juice and Ritz crackers prior to the strident bellyaching her sycophants pay her for.
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Both men are now leaving, and both — contrary to the bellyaching on the left — deserve props for helping to prevent a depression.
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Insofar as your bellyaching about fetuses, you should also direct your wrath to your party which does NOTHING about abortion but uses abortion as a wedge issue to get you to vote.
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If we knew nothing else about this case but a list of those bellyaching we would know it was a good decision.
Chuck Schumer (D-NY): Free speech is un-American. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2010
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Why don't you stop bellyaching and help work through this process?
First on the CNN Ticker: RNC slams Obama in first TV ad 2009
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One is the quasi-Democratic tilt of the screenplay, with bad guys bellyaching about taxes on the rich and encroaching Socialism (gee, that sounds familiar).
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Not that they could give way to depression and gloom, for in organizations where bellyaching and rumor are rife—as they are in all armies—it was necessary to maintain an air of confidence at all times.
An American Triple Threat Michael Burleigh 2011
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"We haven't heard a lot of bellyaching because driving cabs is what these guys do," Dowgwilla says.
slumry commented on the word bellyaching
as in complaining, whining, grumbling, murmuring, etc.
June 15, 2007
reesetee commented on the word bellyaching
Another word used by dear old Mom when we were kids!
June 15, 2007
slumry commented on the word bellyaching
In my family, it was my father who used that word: "Can't you kids quit your bellyaching?" or, alternatively, "Aw, quit your yapping.
June 15, 2007
uselessness commented on the word bellyaching
I've never seen this word without it being preceded by quit your.
June 15, 2007
slumry commented on the word bellyaching
Yeah, it is hard to imagine a parent saying "Couldn't you kids please do some bellyaching?"
June 15, 2007