English Explanatory Dictionary

belly up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Dead or defunct.

verb

To gather close, or approach eagerly or assertively, as a bar for ordering alcoholic drinks.
To die; to fail or go out of business.
To lay on the back with its belly up.

Pronunciation

en-au-belly up.ogg

Word forms

belly up belly-up bellies up bellying up bellied up

Related words

go belly-up tits up

Derived words

belly up to the bar

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