bellyaching
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See also: belly-aching
English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]bellyaching (countable and uncountable, plural bellyachings)
- Whining and complaining, often contrived to evoke pity or shirk responsibility.
- Quit your bellyaching and get back to work!
- 1934, George Orwell, chapter 15, in Burmese Days[1]:
- Blessed are the poor, the sick, the crossed in love, for at least other people know what is the matter with them and will listen to their belly-achings with sympathy.
Translations
[edit]Whining and complaining, often contrived to evoke pity or shirk responsibility
Verb
[edit]bellyaching
- present participle and gerund of bellyache