English Explanatory Dictionary

yellowbelly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A coward.
  2. Someone from Lincolnshire, or from the Isle of Ely.
  3. Someone from Wexford.
  4. A golden perch (Macquaria ambigua).
  5. A yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius).

Pronunciation

/ˈjɛləʊbɛli/ En-au-yellowbelly.ogg

Word forms

yellowbelly yellowbellies

Etymology

* From yellow + belly. * (someone from Lincolnshire or Isle of Ely): An allusion to the frogs and yellow-bellied eels caught there.

Synonyms

chicken bottler caitiff candy-ass candy-arse coistril coward chicken liver chickenshit cocktail cowardy custard craven dog fraidy cat funker gutless wonder invertebrate jessie lizard milquetoast nancy niddering nidering nidget niding nithing piece of crap piece of shit pisspants poltroon pullet punk pussy pussyhole quiche-eater quakebreech quakebuttock recreant scaredy cat scaredy pants shithouse sissy slag sluggard snool sook weak sister wheyface yellow belly yellow back

Related words

yellowbelly slider yellow-bellied slider

Derived words

yellow-bellied
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