bellyful

[ bel-ee-fool ]

noun

, Informal.

, plural bel·ly·fuls.

1. all that a person can tolerate:

   I've had a bellyful of your whining.

bellyful

/ ˈbɛlɪˌfʊl /

noun

1. as much as one wants or can eat
2. slang.
   more than one can tolerate

Word History and Origins

Origin of bellyful¹

First recorded in 1525–35; belly + -ful

Example Sentences

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.

From New York Times

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.

From Seattle Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times

No moment on this anything-but-love boat has the impact of, say, the seasickness sequence of “Triangle of Sadness,” but slaughter stans will get their butchery bellyfuls.

From Los Angeles Times

Eurydice’s behavior is illuminated in a few lines from “Gone, I’m Gone”: “You can have your principles/When you’ve got a bellyful/But hunger has a way with you.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• glut
• plethora
• profusion