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  1. (especially of a man) having a fat stomach: He is tall and a little paunchy. She encourages even slightly paunchy patients to lose weight. See. paunch. Fewer examples. He is growing older and getting paunchy. Today, at 58, he is paunchy. He was middle-aged, balding, and paunchy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

    • Paunchy

      (especially of a man) having a fat stomach: He is tall and a...

  2. : having a potbelly. paunchiness noun. Synonyms. beer-bellied. potbellied. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of paunchy in a Sentence. not surprisingly, the new Hollywood biopic casts a young, athletically trim actor in the role of the paunchy, balding artist.

  3. This adjective is often used in a mildly derogatory way, to describe someone who carries a bit of extra weight around their middle. Has your vet put your dog on a diet? It might be because she's gotten a little paunchy. The word comes from paunch, "round stomach," from a root that simply means "belly or stomach."

  4. (especially of a man) having a fat stomach: He is tall and a bit paunchy. She encourages even slightly paunchy patients to lose weight. See. paunch. Fewer examples. He is growing older and getting paunchy. Today, at 58, he is paunchy. He was middle-aged, balding, and paunchy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

  5. Paunchy definition: having a large and protruding belly; potbellied. See examples of PAUNCHY used in a sentence.

  6. Define paunchy. paunchy synonyms, paunchy pronunciation, paunchy translation, English dictionary definition of paunchy. adj. paunch·i·er , paunch·i·est Having a potbelly. paunch′i·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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  8. Having a protruding belly or abdomen.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

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