paunch
11paunch — ► NOUN ▪ a large or protruding abdomen or stomach. ► VERB ▪ disembowel (an animal). DERIVATIVES paunchy adjective. ORIGIN Old French paunche, from Latin pantex intestines …
12paunch — [pônch] n. [ME paunche < MFr panche < L pantex (gen. panticis), belly < IE base * pank , to swell > Russ puk, a bundle] 1. the abdomen, or belly; esp., a large, protruding belly; potbelly 2. RUMEN paunchiness n. paunchy adj …
13paunch — [[t]pɔ͟ːntʃ[/t]] paunches N COUNT If a man has a paunch, he has a fat stomach. He finished his dessert and patted his paunch... His once lean figure was developing a paunch. Syn: pot belly …
14paunch — UK [pɔːntʃ] / US [pɔntʃ] noun [countable] Word forms paunch : singular paunch plural paunches a fat stomach, usually on a man …
15paunch — noun I love everything about him, even his cute little paunch Syn: potbelly, beer belly, beer gut, spare tire, pot …
16Paunch mat — Paunch Paunch, n. [OF. panch, pance, F. panse, L. pantex, panticis.] 1. (Anat.) The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See {Rumen}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) A paunch mat; called also {panch}.… …
17paunch|i|ness — «PN chee nihs, PAHN », noun. a paunchy condition …
18Paunch Search — A paunch is another word for a filled stomach. The deer has a paunch after it has quickly eaten several pounds of food. The deer then rests quietly as it chews its cud, which is regurgitated back up from where it is stored in the paunch …
19paunch — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French *panche, pance, from Latin pantic , pantex Date: 14th century 1. a. the belly and its contents b. potbelly 2. rumen …
20paunch — see crop …
