paunch

[US]/pɔːn(t)ʃ/
[UK]/pɔntʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. protruding belly; abdomen
vt. perform a surgery to open up the abdomen; remove the internal organs.

Phrases & Collocations

a big paunch

hide his paunch

Example Sentences

Fat paunches have lean pates.

one of the things I had to do was to paunch and skin a hare.

3.to normalize operational manipulation and convert to paunch operation decidedly seasonably;

He patted his paunch after a satisfying meal.

His paunch jiggled as he laughed heartily.

The old man's paunch hung over his belt.

He tried to hide his paunch by wearing loose shirts.

His paunch indicated his love for good food.

She couldn't help but giggle at his cute paunch.

The doctor advised him to exercise to reduce his paunch.

He felt self-conscious about his expanding paunch.

The paunch of the pig was used to make delicious bacon.

His paunch made it difficult for him to bend over and tie his shoes.

Real-world Examples

He leaned back a little bit, his bulging paunch concealed behind the high counter ...

Source: Selected Modern Chinese Essays 1

An older man with a scraggly large beard and Falstaff's paunch brought me a glass of scotch.

Source: Call Me by Your Name

He was getting something of a paunch, and sorrow had no effect on it.

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

Which means that if you want to avoid post-bowl paunch, your team better bring it.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Compilation March 2016

Well I may have a little paunch – or a fat stomach – but didn't you know that it's out of my control?

Source: 6 Minute English

Let's talk about paunch – another name for a fat stomach that men like me – and you – have.

Source: 6 Minute English

He scooped them in solemnly, they said, until his paunch protruded like an alderman's.

Source: Cross Stream (Part 1)

He was stouter, too, and the fat hung in heavy folds under his chin; his paunch was preposterous.

Source: Magician

" In vain it was to rake for Ambergriese in the paunch of this Leviathan, insufferable fetor denying not inquiry." SIR T. BROWNE, V. E.

Source: Moby-Dick

His paunch was huge; he was a very tall man and held himself erect, so that it protruded like a vast barrel.

Source: Magician

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