Paunch
noun
A large and protruding belly; fat stomach.
He had developed a paunch from years of drinking beer and eating junk food.
Often appears as...
- develop a paunch
- beer paunch
noun
The first part of an animal's stomach; a rumen.
The butcher removed the paunch from the animal before processing the meat.
Often appears as...
- animal's paunch
- remove the paunch
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Technical
noun
A large and protruding belly; fat stomach.
He had developed a paunch from years of drinking beer and eating junk food.
Often appears as...
- develop a paunch
- beer paunch
noun
The first part of an animal's stomach; a rumen.
The butcher removed the paunch from the animal before processing the meat.
Often appears as...
- animal's paunch
- remove the paunch
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Depiction
Paunch often has humorous or negative cultural connotations particularly in discussions about weight.
Comedians might joke about their paunch as part of their performance.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Usage
The term 'paunch' is casual and usually used in informal conversations or writing.
After the holidays, I noticed my paunch got a bit more noticeable.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Appearance
Use 'paunch' to describe someone’s physical appearance, especially referring to the stomach area.
My uncle's paunch has grown since he stopped going to the gym.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Depiction
Paunch often has humorous or negative cultural connotations particularly in discussions about weight.
Comedians might joke about their paunch as part of their performance.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Usage
The term 'paunch' is casual and usually used in informal conversations or writing.
After the holidays, I noticed my paunch got a bit more noticeable.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Appearance
Use 'paunch' to describe someone’s physical appearance, especially referring to the stomach area.
My uncle's paunch has grown since he stopped going to the gym.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Depiction
Paunch often has humorous or negative cultural connotations particularly in discussions about weight.
Comedians might joke about their paunch as part of their performance.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Usage
The term 'paunch' is casual and usually used in informal conversations or writing.
After the holidays, I noticed my paunch got a bit more noticeable.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Appearance
Use 'paunch' to describe someone’s physical appearance, especially referring to the stomach area.
My uncle's paunch has grown since he stopped going to the gym.
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Krista Tippett:...
in life, which is messy. So in this photograph you see a mind looking out a window at what might be a cathedral -- it's not. This is the full photograph, and you see a middle-aged man wearing a leather jacket, smoking a cigar. And by the look of that paunch,
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Krista Tippett:...
in life, which is messy. So in this photograph you see a mind looking out a window at what might be a cathedral -- it's not. This is the full photograph, and you see a middle-aged man wearing a leather jacket, smoking a cigar. And by the look of that paunch,
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KT Tunstall
Scottish Musician
There was an obvious display of blatant sexism when I couldn't get signed. They didn't say I was ugly. They didn't say that they didn't like the music. They said I was too old! At 26! So Badly Drawn Boy, Doves, Elbow, James Blunt - you can be a gnarly old beardy bloke with a bit of a paunch and that's all right?
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Richard Dawkins
English Scientist
Even if 'going retrograde' or 'moving into Aquarius' were real phenomena, something that planets actually do, what influence could they possibly have on human events? A planet is so far away that its gravitational pull on a new-born baby would be swamped by the gravitational pull of the doctor's paunch.
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Mahathir Mohamad
Malaysian Politician
Doctors look after me. But, basically, I look after myself. I don't overeat. I don't develop a big paunch. I do a little bit of exercise. At the same time, I believe that if you don't work, you will decay. The decay process is through not using your faculties - not using your brain, not using your body.
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Vir Das
Indian Comedian
What I tell a girl is, your six-pack hot boyfriend right now, in six years, will be balding and maybe have a paunch. But I make you laugh every five minutes today, and I'll make you laugh 20 years from now; that's not going to go away.
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Jane Birkin
English Actress
I have to be careful not to get a paunch - I'm so skinny that if I put any weight anywhere, it'd be there, and I don't like a bulge. I wouldn't mind if it went on my bosom, but it doesn't.
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Jeetendra
Indian Actor
When I started out in 'Caravan,' I looked plump, but that looks fine when you are young. But as you age, you put on weight, it looks obnoxious, you slow down and carry a paunch.
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Stephen Moyer
English Actor
There is a difference between looking all right in a shirt and taking the shirt off. The older that us dudes get, the more the paunch has to be worked on. It's hard.
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Sandra Bullock
American Actress
There's something sexy about a gut. Not a 400-pound beer gut, but a little paunch. I love that.
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KT Tunstall
Scottish Musician
There was an obvious display of blatant sexism when I couldn't get signed. They didn't say I was ugly. They didn't say that they didn't like the music. They said I was too old! At 26! So Badly Drawn Boy, Doves, Elbow, James Blunt - you can be a gnarly old beardy bloke with a bit of a paunch and that's all right?
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Richard Dawkins
English Scientist
Even if 'going retrograde' or 'moving into Aquarius' were real phenomena, something that planets actually do, what influence could they possibly have on human events? A planet is so far away that its gravitational pull on a new-born baby would be swamped by the gravitational pull of the doctor's paunch.
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Mahathir Mohamad
Malaysian Politician
Doctors look after me. But, basically, I look after myself. I don't overeat. I don't develop a big paunch. I do a little bit of exercise. At the same time, I believe that if you don't work, you will decay. The decay process is through not using your faculties - not using your brain, not using your body.
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Vir Das
Indian Comedian
What I tell a girl is, your six-pack hot boyfriend right now, in six years, will be balding and maybe have a paunch. But I make you laugh every five minutes today, and I'll make you laugh 20 years from now; that's not going to go away.
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Jane Birkin
English Actress
I have to be careful not to get a paunch - I'm so skinny that if I put any weight anywhere, it'd be there, and I don't like a bulge. I wouldn't mind if it went on my bosom, but it doesn't.
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Jeetendra
Indian Actor
When I started out in 'Caravan,' I looked plump, but that looks fine when you are young. But as you age, you put on weight, it looks obnoxious, you slow down and carry a paunch.
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Stephen Moyer
English Actor
There is a difference between looking all right in a shirt and taking the shirt off. The older that us dudes get, the more the paunch has to be worked on. It's hard.
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Sandra Bullock
American Actress
There's something sexy about a gut. Not a 400-pound beer gut, but a little paunch. I love that.
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