tummy

Other forms of tummy

plural

tummies·

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 tummy

What does tummy mean?

tummy means "slang for a paunch". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tummy?

tummy has 2 syllables: tum-my. The stress falls on "tum". In IPA it is /ˈtʌmi/.

What is another word for tummy?

Close synonyms include pot, potbelly, bay window, corporation, stomach. 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 tummy a common word?

tummy is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.