"belly up" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: en-au-belly up.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} belly up (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) Dead or defunct. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Categories (topical): Death Related terms: go belly-up, tits up
    Sense id: en-belly_up-en-adj-1-44W~r8 Disambiguation of Death: 79 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: belly-up

Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-belly up.ogg [Australia] Forms: bellies up [present, singular, third-person], bellying up [participle, present], bellied up [participle, past], bellied up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} belly up (third-person singular simple present bellies up, present participle bellying up, simple past and past participle bellied up)
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To gather close, or approach eagerly or assertively, as a bar for ordering alcoholic drinks. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Derived forms: belly up to the bar
    Sense id: en-belly_up-en-verb-a4UlKA6C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (up), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 69 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 36 64 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: belly-up

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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