paunch
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7.0
- noun
- /pɔntʃ/
:
panza
- Though my father's paunch was noticeable, his weight was more or less contained.
- a slight paunch
- a bit of a paunch
- a little paunch
Examples
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Mr. Hawkins laughed, his comfortable paunch shaking under his waistcoat, and tucked the folded paper away in his coat.
Fiction book (1992) -
- You're getting a little paunch.
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I hate having a paunch.
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But when she stepped off, she nearly fell on top of a man with a paunch and not much hair.
Fiction book (2000) -
You know, I have a little paunch, too, but, uh, I wouldn't name myself after it.
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- No, he wasn't fit, he had a paunch.
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He's well fed; anybody can see a little paunch above his belt.
Fiction book (1998) -
The house resembled a distinguished gentleman with a bit of a paunch.
Fiction book (1999) -
Here was Tom, with his small, good-natured Irish paunch, a man not forcing himself to eat cottage cheese for lunch.
Academic text (2012) -
He's well fed; anybody can see a little paunch above his belt.
Synonyms
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1.0
Part of the body between the chest and hips, or the underside of an animal
106
4.0
The stomach or belly, often the round front part of the body where food goes after you eat
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3.4
A round stomach that sticks out because of extra fat
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4.9
Extra fat around the waist that looks like a round band
How Protruding
Surface Forms
Etymology
Paunch comes from an old French word panche meaning 'belly'. So a paunch today is a large, sticking out belly, often used to talk about a man's rounded stomach.