midriff en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɪdɹɪf/
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Etymology
From Middle English midref, mydrif, from Old English midrif, midhrif (“the midriff; diaphragm”), from Proto-West Germanic *middjahrif. Equivalent to mid- + riff.
Meanings
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The middle section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist; the abdomen and its back part.
Near-synonym: midsection
But by Season 3, she said her patience had fizzled like bad Champagne after Emily grossly mispronounced “bien sûr” (“of course!”), flashed her midriff at the office and mistook George Sand, the French romantic writer, as a man.
2023 January 20, Dan Bilefsky, “American Expatriates in Paris Wish Emily Cooper Would Go Home”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:I stuck it out for about an hour and then, apprised by a hollow feeling in the midriff that the dinner hour was approaching, laid a course for home.
1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XXI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| midriffs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (19)
cmn 腹部 (mid section of the human torso) · fa میانتنه (mid section of the human torso) · cmn 肚子 (mid section of the human torso) · it vita (mid section of the human torso) · cs bříško (mid section of the human torso) · cs břicho (mid section of the human torso) · nl middenrif (mid section of the human torso) · es vientre (mid section of the human torso) · pl brzuch (mid section of the human torso) · fr ventre (mid section of the human torso) · de Bauch (mid section of the human torso) · es cintura (mid section of the human torso) · la praecordia (mid section of the human torso) · mk половина (mid section of the human torso) · bg талия (mid section of the human torso) · fi keskivartalo (mid section of the human torso) · es abdomen (mid section of the human torso) · de Taille (mid section of the human torso) · pt ventre (mid section of the human torso)