Definition of paunchy
paunchier
;paunchiest
: having a potbelly
paunchiness
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Examples of paunchy in a Sentence
not surprisingly, the new Hollywood biopic casts a young, athetically trim actor in the role of the paunchy, balding artist
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But like the man himself, Assassin’s Creed is growing old — and getting paunchy with age.
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