barrel-bellied

adj

Etymology

From barrel + bellied.

Definitions

  1. Having a large prominent belly reminiscent of a barrel.

    • Two other hunters—next to him in presence of mind and energy—threw their arms round the great barrel-bellied infant, and hoisted him into the boat, which nearly capsized with the weight and struggle.
    • Yes, that Boris Johnson, the tousle-haired, barrel-bellied engineer of the UK's exit from the EU.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for barrel-bellied. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA