paunch en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /pɑːntʃ/ some accents
- /pɔːnt͡ʃ/
Etymology
From Middle English paunche, from Old Northern French panche, Old French pance (French panse), from Latin pantex.
Meanings
- 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.
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The belly of a human, especially a large, fat protruding one.
See also: pooch
Since retiring from athletics, he has developed a paunch.
“And another sort of weak, flailing blow to the paunch. Neither of these two are in any condition to be fighting.”
2022 July 26, William Meny & Paul Simms, “The Night Market” (10:28 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 4, episode 4, spoken by Ringmaster (Nick Corirossi):Haunch Paunch and Jowl—so that's the derisive picture the radicals had drawn of me. The lean, drawn starvelings in their dream-stupefied state were jealous of my well filled out, prosperous form. It had not yet reached the terrible proportions of obesity that years in a swivel chair on the judicial bench had later given me. But I suppose I was beginning to get fat.
1924 July 14 [1923 August 14], Samuel Badisch Ornitz, “Fifth Period”, in Haunch Paunch and Jowl, eighth printing, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, section III, page 218:
- A paunch mat.
- The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| paunches | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
paunchless · paunchful · paunched · unpaunch · air one's paunch · paunchy
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Synonyms
Molson muscle · corporation · gorbelly · beer baby · potbelly · spare tire · paunch · tummy · beer belly · German goitre · swagbelly · beer muscles · pot · beer gut · Buddha belly · Milwaukee goiter · pooch · bay window · potbelly
Translations (79)
eo ventro (large, protruding belly) · pt pança (large, protruding belly) · pl bebech (large, protruding belly) · cs bachor (first stomach of ruminant; rumen) · ro burduhan (large, protruding belly) · ro burdihan (large, protruding belly) · it pancia (first stomach of ruminant; rumen) · ta தொப்பை (large, protruding belly) · ru брю́хо (large, protruding belly) · de Pansen (first stomach of ruminant; rumen) · ca panxa (large, protruding belly) · ro rumen (first stomach of ruminant; rumen) · da vom (large, protruding belly) · hu bendő (first stomach of ruminant; rumen) · cy cest (large, protruding belly) · es barriga (large, protruding belly) · fi pötsi (large, protruding belly) · el κοιλιά (first stomach of ruminant; rumen) · ro burduhan (first stomach of ruminant; rumen) · ca butza (large, protruding belly) · gl bandullo (first stomach of ruminant; rumen) · ru рубе́ц (first stomach of ruminant; rumen) · uk пузо (large, protruding belly) · de Plauze (large, protruding belly) · ro pântec (large, protruding belly) · ro burduf (first stomach of ruminant; rumen) · ro ierbar (first stomach of ruminant; rumen) · fr panse (first stomach of ruminant; rumen) · ru пу́зо (large, protruding belly) · es panza (first stomach of ruminant; rumen) · enm paunche (large, protruding belly) · it pancia (large, protruding belly) · es panza (large, protruding belly) · hy փոր (large, protruding belly) · it trippa (large, protruding belly) · it pancione (large, protruding belly) · ast ventrón (first stomach of ruminant; rumen) · hu pocak (large, protruding belly) · arz كرش (large, protruding belly) · sv buk (large, protruding belly) · uk рубець (first stomach of ruminant; rumen) · bg шкембе (large, protruding belly) · nl buik (large, protruding belly) · cs panděro (large, protruding belly) · ar كَرِش (large, protruding belly) · ka ღიპი (large, protruding belly) · tl buyon (large, protruding belly) · ga blonag (large, protruding belly) · nl pens (large, protruding belly) · vo lugötöp (large, protruding belly) · de Wampe (large, protruding belly) · hu has (large, protruding belly) · gl barriga (large, protruding belly) · fr panse (large, protruding belly) · de Wanst (large, protruding belly) · bg търбух (first stomach of ruminant; rumen) · cy bol (large, protruding belly) · it rumine (first stomach of ruminant; rumen) · got 𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰 (large, protruding belly) · uk черевце (large, protruding belly) · pt pança (first stomach of ruminant; rumen) · fi pötsi (first stomach of ruminant; rumen) · gl panza (large, protruding belly) · pa ਗੋਗੜ (large, protruding belly) · es guata (large, protruding belly) · da bug (large, protruding belly) · ga maróg (large, protruding belly) · cs pupek (large, protruding belly) · sv våm (first stomach of ruminant; rumen) · ga méadail mhór (first stomach of ruminant; rumen) · el προκοίλι (large, protruding belly) · fr bedaine (large, protruding belly) · gl andorga (large, protruding belly) · scn panza (first stomach of ruminant; rumen) · gl panza (first stomach of ruminant; rumen) · ro pântece (large, protruding belly) · it buzzo (large, protruding belly) · gl bandullo (large, protruding belly) · nl pens (first stomach of ruminant; rumen)