1
as in babies
a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things
one of the biggest bellyachers about the lousy coffee at work
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2
as in crabs
an irritable and complaining person
there's always at least one bellyacher who doesn't like the food on the cruise ship
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Noun
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There are 23 Arche hotels across Poland, from Lublin to Wrocław, with more than 4,000 rooms in which babies may be made.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025 -
This drug starves babies and harms mothers!—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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It's also believed that crabs of this species survived after a meteorite struck Earth around 66 million years ago, the infamous event that led to the extinction of dinosaurs.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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An undersea submersible has revealed crabs, worms, and fish living on World War II explosives in the Baltic Sea.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The faculty experience has been that administrations often side with the complainers.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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Recognize Quieter Customers Celebrate the non-complainers.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In summer, the bears glow against a palette of blues and greens with daytime temperatures swinging from T-shirt to fleece-level.—
Susan Portnoy,
AFAR Media,
3 Oct. 2025
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In most attacks, bears are trying to defend their food, cubs or space.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Kansas City Star,
3 Oct. 2025
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Then there's the Trickstuff Maxima four-piston front and rear brakes, I9 Hydra 2 hubs and Cane Creek printed titanium cranks.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Sep. 2025
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For Southern rock, the Allman Brothers Band’s Live at Fillmore East or Lynyrd Skynyrd’s One More from the Road were must-cranks.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Bellyachers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bellyachers. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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