ALL meanings of belly up
bel·ly up
B b - phrase belly up If a company goes belly up, it does not have enough money to pay its debts. 3
- noun belly up to stand or step close as to a counter or railing 3
- noun plural belly up the front or under part of a vertebrate body from the breastbone to the pelvis, containing the abdominal viscera; the abdomen. 1
- noun plural belly up the stomach with its adjuncts. 1
- noun plural belly up appetite or capacity for food; gluttony. 1
- noun plural belly up the womb. 1
- noun plural belly up the inside or interior of anything: the belly of a ship. 1
- noun plural belly up a protuberant or bulging surface of anything: the belly of a flask. 1
- noun plural belly up Anatomy. the fleshy part of a muscle. 1
- noun plural belly up the front, inner, or under surface or part, as distinguished from the back. 1
- noun plural belly up the front surface of a violin or similar instrument. 1
- noun plural belly up a bulge on a vertical surface of fresh concrete. 1
- noun plural belly up the underpart of the fuselage of an airplane. 1
- verb with object belly up to fill out; swell: Wind bellied the sails. 1
- verb without object belly up to swell out: Sails bellying in the wind. 1
- verb without object belly up to crawl on one's belly: soldiers bellying through a rice paddy. 1
- idioms belly up go / turn belly up, Informal. to come to an end; die; fail: After years of barely surviving on donations, the neighborhood social club finally went belly up. 1
- verb belly up (Idiomatic) To gather close, or approach eagerly or assertively, as a bar for ordering alcoholic drinks. 0
- adjective belly up (Idiomatic) Dead or defunct. 0