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midriff

/ˈmɪdɹɪf/

midriff noun: the middle section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist; the abdomen and its back part.

Noun

midriff (plural midriffs)

  1. The middle section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist; the abdomen and its back part.
    • Near-synonym: midsection
    • I stuck it out for about an hour and then, apprised by a hollow feeling in the midriff that the dinner hour was approaching, laid a course for home.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XXI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    midsection

midriff meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Persian

midriff in Tamil

இடைப்படாம், இடைவயிறு

midriff in Urdu

چولی, حجاب حاجز

midriff in Persian

mid section of the human torso
میانتنه miyāntane

Examples of midriff in a sentence

  • Numbskull!' he shouted, straddling her midriff and pummelling her face and chest with his fists.
  • She stands and stretches again, flashing her tanned midriff and her belly ring as her T-shirt lifts.
  • "Yeah", agreed Fern Williams, her arm curved sinuously around LaFlora's bare midriff section.

All 11 example sentences with midriff

Synonyms of midriff

Forms of midriff

pluralmidriffs

Origin of midriff

From Middle English midref, mydrif, from Old English midrif, midhrif (“the midriff; diaphragm”), from Proto-West Germanic *middjahrif. Equivalent to mid- + riff.

Words formed from midriff

Questions about midriff

What does midriff mean?
Midriff means the middle section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist; the abdomen and its back part.
What is midriff in Tamil?
Midriff in Tamil is இடைப்படாம், இடைவயிறு. See Midriff meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is midriff?
Midriff is a noun.
How do you pronounce midriff?
Midriff is pronounced /ˈmɪdɹɪf/.
What is the plural of midriff?
The plural of midriff is midriffs.

Words near midriff in the dictionary

  1. midrib
  2. midribbed
  3. midribless
  4. midribs
  5. midride
  6. midriff
  7. midriffed
  8. midriffs
  9. midrise
  10. midriser
  11. midrises

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Adapted from Wiktionary: midriff (page history and authors); midriff (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); midriff (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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