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yellow belly

yel·low bel·ly
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [yel-oh bel-ee]
    • /ˈyɛl oʊ ˈbɛl i/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [yel-oh bel-ee]
    • /ˈyɛl oʊ ˈbɛl i/

Definitions of yellow belly words

  • noun plural yellow belly Slang. a person who is without courage, fortitude, or nerve; coward. 1
  • noun yellow belly a native of Lincolnshire, esp of the fens 0
  • noun yellow belly a contemptible coward 0

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Origin of yellow belly

First appearance:

before 1790
One of the 43% newest English words
First recorded in 1790-1800; yellow + belly

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Parts of speech for Yellow belly

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

yellow belly popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 70% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

yellow belly usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for yellow belly

noun yellow belly

  • chicken — Chickens are birds which are kept on a farm for their eggs and for their meat.
  • coward — If you call someone a coward, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid dangerous or difficult situations.
  • craven — Someone who is craven is very cowardly.
  • cuckold — A cuckold is a man whose wife is having an affair with another man.
  • daisies — any of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy.

Antonyms for yellow belly

noun yellow belly

  • hero — a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: He became a local hero when he saved the drowning child.

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