GIPPY TUMMY


Meaning of GIPPY TUMMY in English

(also gyppy tummy ) / ˌdʒɪpi ˈtʌmi; NAmE / noun

( old-fashioned , BrE , informal ) diarrhoea (= an illness in which waste matter is emptied from the body in liquid form) that affects visitors to hot countries

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WORD ORIGIN

1940s: gippy , abbreviation of Egyptian .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.