noun
- pain in the stomach or abdomen
verb
- to complain persistently
Usage: informal
Examples
- The child had a terrible bellyache after eating too much candy.
- She went to the nurse's office with a bellyache.
- Stop bellyaching about the weather and enjoy the picnic.
- He's always bellyaching about his job but never does anything to change it.
- The medicine helped relieve her bellyache.
- Don't bellyache to me about your problems.
- A bad bellyache kept him home from school.