as in plump
having a large protruding abdomen
an old, potbellied cat that now needs a ramp just to get on the sofa
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Recent Examples of potbellied
That’s not to say that the potbellied courthouse stooges of Norfolk County can’t rig the case.
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Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
12 June 2025
What could be more luxurious than checking in without having to wade through a maze of slot machines and a cloud of cigarette smoke, dodging potbellied dudes in tank tops?
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Jay McInerney,
Town & Country,
18 June 2023
In one, the siblings trim a Christmas tree with doll-size versions of Madani’s bearded, potbellied men.
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Calvin Tomkins,
The New Yorker,
16 Jan. 2023
The Delaware Department of Agriculture is encouraging people who own potbellied pigs as pets to spay or neuter them to prevent unintended litters.
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Joseph De Avila,
WSJ,
18 Nov. 2022
See All Example Sentences for potbellied
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
12 June 2025
What could be more luxurious than checking in without having to wade through a maze of slot machines and a cloud of cigarette smoke, dodging potbellied dudes in tank tops?
—
Jay McInerney,
Town & Country,
18 June 2023
In one, the siblings trim a Christmas tree with doll-size versions of Madani’s bearded, potbellied men.
—
Calvin Tomkins,
The New Yorker,
16 Jan. 2023
The Delaware Department of Agriculture is encouraging people who own potbellied pigs as pets to spay or neuter them to prevent unintended litters.
—
Joseph De Avila,
WSJ,
18 Nov. 2022
See All Example Sentences for potbellied
Recent Examples of Synonyms for potbellied
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Advanced Night Ceramide Signature Anti-Aging Night Cream Think of this ceramide-rich formula as plump skin in a bottle.
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Instead of turning to cobbler this summer, put all of those juicy peaches and plump raspberries at the farmers’ market to good use with this stunning recipe.
Adjective
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In Arthur Penn’s 1975 neo-noir Night Moves, Griffith is Delly Grastner, a 16-year-old runaway with a little girl’s voice and a grown woman’s body—on full display in an underwater nude scene—intent on seducing Gene Hackman, 43 and paunchy.
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There isn’t much room in this palette for public pools or paunchy, suburban retirees.
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The smaller heritage breeds available had higher fat content and varied muscle structure when compared to modern commodity pork.
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Oxidation, rancidity, and fat separation all happen faster when ambient temperatures rise.
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“Potbellied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potbellied. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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