bellybutton

See also: belly-button and belly button

English

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Etymology

From belly +‎ button.

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Noun

bellybutton (plural bellybuttons)

  1. (informal) The navel or umbilicus.
    • 1909, The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal‎[1]:
      Always used to have pain about navel when a boy (used to call it bellybutton ache) […]
    • 2019 June, “Five phobias you didn’t know existed”, in BBC Bitesize‎[2]:
      Some people can’t even bear the thought of picking the fluff out of their bellybuttons - these people suffer from what is known as omphalophobia.

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