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bellyful

[ bel-ee-fool ]

noun

Informal.
plural bellyfuls.
  1. all that a person can tolerate:

    I've had a bellyful of your whining.



bellyful

/ ˈɛɪˌʊ /

noun

  1. as much as one wants or can eat
  2. slang.
    more than one can tolerate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bellyful1

First recorded in 1525–35; belly + -ful
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There’s also the matter of a giant catfish that carries a bellyful of biblical implications.

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As Celtic lifted the trophy, most Rangers fans had already exited, presumably having had a bellyful of disappointment for one day.

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The apex of that transformation arrived with the N.F.L. planting this year’s event in Las Vegas, where the prevailing ethos might well be that a bellyful of anything is barely enough.

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With a powerful radar that rotates six times every minute on the fuselage and a bellyful of surveillance gear, the plane can spot missile launches, airborne bombing runs and other military activity in the conflict.

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Williams — who said she endured a week of “misery, sadness, and bellyfuls of antibiotics and steroids” during her illness — previously defended the band’s decision to postpone shows in San Francisco, Seattle and Oregon last month.

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