pit of stomach



pit of one's stomach

Fig. the middle of one's stomach; the location of a "visceral response." I got a strange feeling in the pit of my stomach when they told me the bad news.
See also: of, pit, stomach

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Egnatius-Ancient Roman
Sib-Bengali
Hollis['hɔlis]
Rolland[rɔ:'læŋ]
PericlesPER-i-kleez (English)Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Trygve-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish