Definition of yellow-belly

yellow-belly

noun

• a coward.

  Last edited on Dec 01 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'belly':
beer belly	Definitions include: a large stomach caused by drinking lots of beer.
belly-ache	Definitions include: to complain.
belly flop	Definitions include: to jump and land horizontally, facing downwards, usually into water.
belly gun	Definitions include: a small, close range, snubnosed revolver, typically of a powerful caliber.
belly of the beast, the	Definitions include: a dangerous place.
belly whoppers	Definitions include: a meal of Pork N' Beans and Wieners.
fire belly	Definitions include: an abdomen with many red stretch marks, which resemble flames.
go belly up	Definitions include: to fail.
whistle belly thumps	Definitions include: stomach aches associated with diarrhea.
Other terms relating to 'yellow':
baby sh*t yellow	Definitions include: offensive shade of yellow
grellow	Definitions include: a color between green and yellow.
grelow	Definitions include: misspelling of grellow.
mellow yellow	Definitions include: LSD (acid)
sh*t yellow	Definitions include: extremely upset, nervous or worried
yellow	Definitions include: cowardly.
yellow fever	Definitions include: attraction to Asian people.
yellow hammer	Definitions include: an inbred person.
yellow journalism	Definitions include: sensationalized journalism.

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