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Part of the body above the waist
Answer for the clue "Part of the body above the waist ", 7 letters:
midriff
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Word definitions for midriff in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English midhrif , from mid "mid" (see mid ) + hrif "belly," from Proto-Germanic *hrefiz- (cognates: Old High German href , Old Frisian hrif "belly"), from PIE *kwrep- "body, form, appearance" (see corporeal ). More or less obsolete after 18c. except ...
Usage examples of midriff.
Lauren wanted to get a tan, so she had put on a low-necked blue top which was cut off just above the midriff, and matching brief blue shorts which left most of her long.
But he did know he had to save himself, and he catapulted forward off the floor when he saw her raise the wine bottle to clout him again and barreled into her midriff before she could strike him.
Then she applied some subtle makeup and forced Ana into a brown, strappy chiffon top sprinkled with gold beads that showed her midriff, a pair of very distressed vintage jeans with the waistband ripped off, and pointy-toed alligator-skin stilettos.
She thought of winding down the window and feeling the warm night air billowing through her smoky hair and watching young Londoners reeling around the streets in denim jackets and midriff tops and dyed hair.
She fiddled with her thin cotton top, pulling it down over her midriff, and slid her sunglasses from her head to her nose.
One of them was wearing a diamond chain around her bare midriff, which sparkled in the orange streetlights.
He noted her midriff hanging over the waist of her jeans which he had to admit was sexy.
A funny flutter taking off in her midriff, Eden steeled herself and turned to face Brodie.
When she saw them approaching she smoothed her lavender gown over her midriff and hips and tripped lightly down the steps and across the yard.
Skye was sitting up on the edge of the bed, her arms hugging her midriff and her shoulders hunched.
Skye nearly removed the fist clenched against her own midriff and plunged it into his.
Her hands smoothed the midriff of her hunter green gown before her arms crossed protectively in front of her.
His midriff and ribs felt as if he had run full tilt into a five-barred gate.
He scanned the console, noting a recessed keyboard near his midriff, and tapped four of the keys.
I wrap my arms around the spastic matter that twitches in my midriff as they begin to herd us.