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tummy button

Meaning of "tummy button" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TUMMY BUTTON

ˈtʌmɪ ˈbʌtən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TUMMY BUTTON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tummy button is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TUMMY BUTTON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Navel

The navel is a scar on the abdomen at the attachment site of the umbilical cord. All placental mammals have a navel, and it is quite conspicuous in humans. Other animals' navels tend to be smoother and flatter, often nothing more than a thin line, and are often obscured by fur.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TUMMY BUTTON

bellybutton · button · Dutton · glutton · hot-button · Hutton · leg-o´-mutton · misbutton · mutton · push-button · rebutton · Sutton · unbutton

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TUMMY BUTTON

tumescent · tumid · tumidity · tumidly · tumidness · tummies · tummler · tummy · tummy ache · tummy bug · tummy muscles · tummy tuck · tummy upset · tumor-like · tumoral · tumorigenesis · tumorigenic · tumorigenicity · tumorous · tumour

WORDS THAT END LIKE TUMMY BUTTON

collar button · cotton · destruct button · fly button · freeze-frame button · hit the panic button · hot button · leg-of-mutton · on the button · panic button · pause button · pearl button · press button · push button · record button · redial button · reset button · snooze button · stop button · Welshman´s button

Synonyms and antonyms of tummy button in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tummy button» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TUMMY BUTTON

Find out the translation of tummy button to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of tummy button from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tummy button» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

肚子按钮
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

ombligo
570 millions of speakers
en

English

tummy button
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

पेट बटन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زر البطن
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

кнопка животик
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

umbigo
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

পেট বোতাম
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

bouton ventre
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Butang perut
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Bauch -Taste
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

おなかのボタン
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

배 버튼
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Tombol perut
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nút bụng
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

வயிறு பொத்தானை அழுத்தவும்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

पोट बटण
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Karın düğmesi
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

pulsante di pancia
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

przycisk brzuszek
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

кнопка животик
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

buton de burtă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αφαλό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

maag knoppie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mage knapp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

buk knapp
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TUMMY BUTTON»

Discover the use of tummy button in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tummy button and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Your Child Abroad: A Travel Health Guide
typically the pain moves from the tummy button down towards the right groin. If pain makes the child reluctant even to roll over, then appendicitis is a strong possibility and you need to consult a doctor to see whether an operation is necessary.
Jane Wilson-Howarth, Dr. Matthew Ellis, Matthew Ellis, 2005
2
Rhetorical Narratology
puts th1s th1ng in the lady's tummy button." She does not add that the inadequacy of her own navel for such a performance bothers her— she assumes that it must be going to expand when she is older. He hurls himself around in laughter.
Michael S. Kearns, 1999
3
Sunflowers and Eggshells
Because the muscle was to be taken from my abdomen,she had to mark where the cut would be and where to replace my tummy button. She did say that I needn 't have a tummy button if I didn't want but I felt that I would look more natural with ...
Kate Milton-Jones, 2009
4
Children's Drawings of the Human Figure
However, of the 100 tadpole-drawers reported earlier (Cox & Batra, n.d.), only one child had drawn a tummy-button on his tadpole-figure and none of the other 99 mentioned a tummy'button, a torso or a body when asked to identify each part of ...
Maureen V. Cox, 2013
5
World Yearbook of Education 1982/3: Computers and Education
Soon he begins to mimic his own button pushing actions and the turtle's responses by pressing his tummy button and moving his body, for example, pressing his tummy button and standing up, pressing it again and sitting down to act out ...
Jacquetta Megarry, David R. F. Walker, Stanley Nisbet, 2013
6
Kidney Transplants Explained
In fact, three of these are used – two inserted from the side and one near the tummy button. The surgeon uses the cameras to locate the kidney and then it can be removed Figure 5.1 Open nephrectomy Figure 5.2 Laparascopic nephrectomy  ...
Andy Stein, Rob Higgins, Janet Wild, 2008
7
Early Childhood Experiences in Language Arts: Early Literacy
(Tickle child's tummy button) Whoa Horse Giddy-up, giddy-up, giddy-up horsey ( Bounce child on knees—last line, let child slip over knees while sliding lower on adults extended legs) Giddy-up, giddy-up, go, go, go. Giddy-up, giddy-up, Whoa!
Jeanne Machado, 2012
8
You Can Walk to Fitness
Maintaining this position, pull your tummy button up towards your spine and hold it there for about 20 seconds. lt's very important that you don't hold your breath during this exercise, but it does take some practice to pull the tummy button in and ...
Rachel Armstrong, 2009
9
Drawings of People by the Under-5s
Only one child had drawn anything which we normally associate with the torso: she had drawn a 'tummy-button' inside the head circle of her figure. None of the other 99 children mentioned a body or anything to do with the torso; the head ...
Maureen Cox, 2014
10
Breast Reconstruction
This is because it tightens the tissues lying over the lower part of your tummy, leaving a transverse scar from one hip to the other and a small scar around your tummy button (umbilicus). This type of abdominal tissue breast reconstruction is ...
Dick Rainsbury, Dick Rainsbury & Virginia Straker, 2008

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TUMMY BUTTON»

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QUENTIN LETTS: Was Mr Khan examining his tummy button or his …
His tummy button? Almost. It was his mobile telephone – the same mobile telephone, presumably, that he was consulting at the wheel of his car last week. «Daily Mail, Nov 14»
REFERENCE
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