bellyache
verb/ˈbelieɪk/
/ˈbelieɪk/
[intransitive] (informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they bellyache | /ˈbelieɪk/ /ˈbelieɪk/ |
| he / she / it bellyaches | /ˈbelieɪks/ /ˈbelieɪks/ |
| past simple bellyached | /ˈbelieɪkt/ /ˈbelieɪkt/ |
| past participle bellyached | /ˈbelieɪkt/ /ˈbelieɪkt/ |
| -ing form bellyaching | /ˈbelieɪkɪŋ/ /ˈbelieɪkɪŋ/ |
- to complain a lot about something in an annoying or unreasonable way
- He’s always bellyaching about how much work he has to do.
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