as in belly
an enlarged or bulging abdomen
Santa is depicted as a white-bearded man with a big paunch
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Recent Examples of paunch
When Jurgensen reported to camp in unusually good shape, his trademark paunch having shrunk, he was asked if the key was diet and exercise.
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Mike Sando,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
He had been hit a month or so before, but he had only been clipped across the paunch and the wound was healed.
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Jack O'Connor,
Outdoor Life,
24 Sep. 2025
After a moment of shock, the designers outfitted him with a pregnant belly to deliver Tom’s now-signature paunch.
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Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
The display ends and Prabowo strolls the ranks of recruits, asking their home province, their university major, and razzing a couple of the stoutest about their paunch.
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Charlie Campbell / Jakarta,
TIME,
14 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for paunch
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
He had been hit a month or so before, but he had only been clipped across the paunch and the wound was healed.
—
Jack O'Connor,
Outdoor Life,
24 Sep. 2025
After a moment of shock, the designers outfitted him with a pregnant belly to deliver Tom’s now-signature paunch.
—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
The display ends and Prabowo strolls the ranks of recruits, asking their home province, their university major, and razzing a couple of the stoutest about their paunch.
—
Charlie Campbell / Jakarta,
TIME,
14 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for paunch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paunch
Noun
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The belly of almost every Delta Air Lines plane doesn’t just hold passenger baggage.
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The brand includes more than 100 bears, each representing a distinct emotion or expression which are illustrated by their belly badges, including Cheer Bear, Bedtime Bear, Tenderheart Bear, Birthday Bear, Funshine Bear and Grumpy Bear.
Noun
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The goal is to make the stomach able to hold more food before the brain signals that the competitive eater is full.
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The parasite is killed by heat, so cooking normally takes care of it, but when the weather warms up and people look for ways to leave their stoves off, this stomach-churning bug finds an opening.
Noun
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In the footage shown at CinemaCon, Cruise is seen sporting gray hair and a potbelly, while rocking a Southern accent.
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Those on the scene identified the pig as male and likely a potbelly.
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“Paunch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paunch. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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