Meaning

2 senses
  1. Enough to fill one's belly; a large portion of food eaten.

  2. (informal)An undesirably large quantity of something.

    She gave me a bellyful of abuse when I arrived home late.

More definitions
  • an undesirable overabundance

Examples

2 sentences
  1. She's had a bellyful.

    deSie hat die Nase voll.

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  2. I have had a bellyful of Tom's nasty comments.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From belly + -ful.

From belly + -ful.

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Forms

plural: bellyfuls / belliesful
Singularbellyful
Pluralbellyfuls / belliesful

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbellyload

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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