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paunchpaunch /pɔːntʃ $ pɒːntʃ/ noun [countable] paunchOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French panche, from Latin pantex - Merv lay back in his chair with his hands crossed above his paunch, listening to the radio.
- Wally crossed the mirrored lobby, sucking in his paunch as he caught sight of himself.
- You're getting a paunch, did you know that?
- His paunch bulged over a sash.
- I feel pressure on my back as Frank leans forward and pushes me against the window with his paunch.
- James was much shorter than she had imagined, with thinning, poker-straight brown hair and a paunch.
- Peering over the rim of his paunch, he could see a hard-on.
- The Sioux boiled buffalo meat with heated rocks in a buffalo paunch, then ate the paunch, too.
- To operate this machine, you must have a paunch and wear green pants.
- With his unruly beard and comfortable paunch he looked like a well-fed prophet.
a fat stomach► paunch a man who has a paunch has a large stomach: · You're getting a paunch, did you know that? · Merv lay back in his chair with his hands crossed above his paunch, listening to the radio. · Wally crossed the mirrored lobby, sucking in his paunch as he caught sight of himself. ► pot belly a round stomach that sticks out at the front, especially when this is the result of eating or drinking too much: · Larry was just a regular guy: short, with a pot belly and moustache. · You really should do something about that pot belly of yours. ► beer gut informal a fat stomach caused by drinking too much beer: · His beer gut was popping the buttons on his shirt.· At only seventeen, Lonny already had the beginnings of a beer gut. ► spare tyre British informal a ring of fat around the waist: · You should go on a diet -- look at that spare tyre! ► middle-age spread the fat around the waist that people gradually get as they grow older: · A lot of people start to get middle-age spread once they pass 30. a man’s fat stomach—paunchy adjective |