empty-bellied

2 definitions found

empty-bellied - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  empty-bellied \empty-bellied\ adj.
     needing nourishment; hungry; as, empty-bellied children.
     [WordNet 1.5]

empty-bellied - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  empty-bellied
      adj 1: needing nourishment; "after skipped lunch the men were
             empty by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children" [syn:
             empty, empty-bellied]