paunch
noun/pɔːnt͡ʃ/
Etymology
Definitions
The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen.
The contents of this stomach in a slaughtered animal, viewed as food or a byproduct.
The belly of a human, especially a large, fat protruding one.
- See also: pooch
- Since retiring from athletics, he has developed a paunch.
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A paunch mat.
The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.
To remove the internal organs of a ruminant, prior to eating.
- (Caliban) Why, as I told thee, 'tis a custom with him I' th' afternoon to sleep: there thou may'st brain him, Having first seiz'd his books; or with a log Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake, Or cut his wezand with thy knife
The neighborhood
- synonymbay window
- synonymbeer baby
- synonymbeer belly
- synonymbeer gut
- synonymbeer muscles
- synonymBuddha belly
- synonymcorporation
- synonymGerman goitre
- synonymgorbelly
- synonymMilwaukee goiter
- synonymMolson muscle
- synonympaunch
- neighborpaunce
- neighborobese
- neighborbelly
- neighbormiddle-age spread
Derived
air one's paunch, paunched, paunchful, paunchless, paunchy, unpaunch
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for paunch. 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