midriff
- n the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)
young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable - n (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration
- Sarah wore two-piece bathing suits and shorts where the midriff got a few inches of exposure, but the navel was concealed.
- For the actress, the bare midriff meant skimpy bra tops worn with a short skirts.
- Last week, however, he appeared to be trying to burnish his Islamic credentials when he mentioned an occasion on which a dancer bearing her midriff was invited to the presidential .