midriff

Other forms of midriff

plural

midriffs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about midriff

What does midriff mean?

midriff means "the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in midriff?

midriff has 2 syllables: mi-driff. The stress falls on "mi".

What is another word for midriff?

Close synonyms include middle, midsection, diaphragm. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is midriff a common word?

midriff is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.