potbelly
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈpɑtˌbɛli/
:
barriga
- His hair is tussled, and the sleeveless shirt he wears for sleep is wrinkled, hitched up over his small potbelly.
- potbelly pigs
- man with a potbelly
- round potbelly
Examples
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At the beach, many visitors proudly displayed their potbellies while lounging in the sun.
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However, potbellies are rife in middle age, and diabetes is rampant.
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Bill had a very significant potbelly and one arm, and I'm like, this guy's going to teach us how to swim.
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And there he were, scrawny little old man with a potbelly.
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I can totally relate to the potbelly stomach you mention in 4 Hour Body, that even the thinnest of women have.
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Some experts believe that a potbelly might be the body's defense mechanism against stress.
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I noticed that, whereas my dad had always had love handles and a potbelly that he called his "hump," these parachutists had no extra fat.
Fiction book (2001) -
He was slim, perhaps athletic once, belied by the small potbelly he seemed to be inflating for her benefit.
Fiction book (1997) -
She'd stood there at the stove, potbelly bulging out of her shiny dress, not at all self-conscious about her excess pounds.
Fiction book (1992) -
Looking at him now, with his receding hairline and beginnings of a potbelly, it was hard to believe they'd ever been lovers?
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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4.0
The stomach or belly, often the round front part of the body where food goes after you eat
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8.4
A large round stomach often caused by weight gain
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7.0
A large belly that sticks out, often in a man
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9.9
An informal word for a large, round belly that sticks out
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8.9
A large round belly that sticks out
Compounds
- Archaic
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7.2
A small metal heater with a round, bulging body that burns wood or coal
How Big
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3.4
- Baby Talk
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4.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Potbelly comes from the simple image of pot and belly, where pot means a 'cooking pot' and belly means a 'stomach'. That's why a potbelly is a round stomach that sticks out like a pot.