English

Alternative forms

• midrif
• mid-drift

Noun

midriff ‎(plural midriffs)

1. The mid section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist
   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “chapter XXI”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 1227855:

     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.

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See also

• diaphragm