US /pɔntʃ/ UK /pɔːntʃ/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a protruding belly or stomach

    Years at a desk had given him a noticeable paunch.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a protruding belly or stomach bellygutpotbellyabdomenstomach
Word family
Forms paunched
Derived forms paunchy

Etymology

From Middle English paunche, from Old French pance, panche, from Latin pantex ('belly, bowels').

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