Meaning of belly ring | Babel Free

Definitions

A form of body art wherein a piercing is placed in a cauterized puncture of the umbilicus.

Examples

“[…] and Sloane is a hot mermaid — wearing a freshly sprayed coat of Mystic tan, a tiny bikini top covered in seashells, a dangly, gold, starfish belly ring, and this long, turquoise, sparkly, sequined, fishtail skirt, which is dragging behind her, sweeping the floor and gathering trash, like a really glamorous mop.”

“She stands and stretches again, flashing her tanned midriff and her belly ring as her T-shirt lifts.”

“I'd been supposed to write down three examples of irony for freshman English, and Liza was barefoot in low-rise thrift-store Calvins that showed her silver belly ring, talking about Tyler Baines's mom jeans while he mowed our lawn.”

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