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noun

Midriff n. (Anat.)

See Diaphragm, n., 2.

The middle part of the front of the body, from the waist to the chest. "Smote him into the midriff with a stone."

That part of a garment, especially a dress or bodice, that covers the midriff (2).

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Etymology of 'Midriff'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Midriff" Quotes from Famous Books

... my hip pocket, and dropped to my knees at the same time. The sights of my .375 centered in the middle of a silk-covered midriff. ...

— Highways in Hiding • George Oliver Smith

... down with my messenger to the Weiss Thor, and with great fear and pulsation of the midriff I saw the idiot pass the house of Master Gerard. Then, at the outer gate, I gave him his ten golden coins, and watched him trot away briskly on the green ...

— Red Axe • Samuel Rutherford Crockett

... however, did the heart writhe with laughter, and was like to break; it knew not where to go, and sunk into the midriff. ...

— Thus Spake Zarathustra - A Book for All and None • Friedrich Nietzsche

... arboreal life was a greatly increased power of turning the head from side to side—a mobility very important in locating sounds and in exploring with the eyes. Furthermore, there came about a flattening of the chest and of the back, and the movements of the midriff (or diaphragm) came to count for more in respiration than the movements of the ribs. The sense of touch came to be of more importance and the sense of smell of less; the part of the brain receiving tidings from hand and eye and ear came to predominate ...

— The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) - A Plain Story Simply Told • J. Arthur Thomson

... mallet!" The words came softly, but with an ungentle softness that was accompanied by a boring, twisting motion of the gun muzzle as it pressed deeper into his midriff. The bung-starter thudded ...

— The Texan - A Story of the Cattle Country • James B. Hendryx

... flew back again, his guard recovered none too soon to save himself. My father's thrusts became now so quick and continuous that the Captain fell back to gain breath. My father drove him to the wall. Shouting a curse, the Captain thrust for my father's midriff. My father, with a swift movement, received the sword between his arm and body, and at the same instant ran his own rapier into the Captain's unguarded front, pushed it through his lung, and pinned ...

— The Bright Face of Danger • Robert Neilson Stephens

Words linked to "Midriff" : diaphragm, muscular structure, trunk, torso, midsection, membrane, tissue layer, anatomy, musculature, general anatomy, body, muscle system, region