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
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.
—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
About 200 yards below us is a stag, carrying the paunch and heavy antlers of an old highland warrior.
—Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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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.
—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
About 200 yards below us is a stag, carrying the paunch and heavy antlers of an old highland warrior.
—Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for paunch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paunch
Noun
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And, of course, her dance moves — which draw from belly dancing as well as such Latin and Afro-Colombian styles as champeta and merengue — lived up to their nearly mythic status.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
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Everything is measured by devices latched onto the belly.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 June 2026
Noun
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The pulses are designed to normalize the nerve messaging from the brain to the stomach to relieve symptoms of nausea and vomiting without side effects.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
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The reaction is often rather stomach-turning.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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.—
Saba Hamedy,
NBC news,
17 Apr. 2026
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Those on the scene identified the pig as male and likely a potbelly.—
Heather Bushman,
IndyStar,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Paunch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paunch. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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