beer belly

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Recent Examples of beer belly There's a Chicken Dance Off at 5:30 p.m. Friday, sausage toss and stein hoist competitions Saturday, and a goetta ball eating contest and beer belly competition Sunday. Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2024 Speaking of Robotnik, Jim Carrey is back, now with a beer belly and an overall Gru-like disposition. Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2024 As stated earlier, beer bellies are a buildup of visceral fat. Sarah Fielding, Men's Health, 31 Mar. 2023 Funny Fanny Pack Is this a post-dinner tummy, beer belly, or just Dad's natural look? Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 12 Oct. 2022 This fanny pack changes the definition of beer belly, because a can of beer can literally fit inside of it. Cassidy Olsen, Good Housekeeping, 5 Aug. 2022 In mountain biking, some of these riders were total sleepers, middle-aged guys with a beer belly who’d show up for the group ride and suffer up the climb. Outside Online, 7 Jan. 2022 In the five-minute video, also featuring Future and Young Thug, Drake dances as a retro workout trainer, sports a beer belly and even pays tribute to Michael Jackson, Rambo and other cultural icons. Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2021 Your neighbor with a beer belly and a comb-over who drives a beat-up Honda Civic might just be 007 laying low. Mark Kennedy, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beer belly
Noun
  • For two years, the 33-year-old sewing operator didn’t have enough money to fill her family’s bellies and fend off the debt collectors at the same time.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • But beware of this alien’s feisty side when tapping his nose or belly twice.
    Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The painting is of a woman, neither young nor old, in a bay window.
    Kate Colby October 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The living room has bay windows overlooking the treescape of Eighth Avenue and a decorative fireplace with a grand wooden mantle — a keeper.
    Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The cause was classified as norovirus, a contagious virus that causes nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, and is commonly known as the stomach flu.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Adair, still in handcuffs, is then picked up from the wheelchair by several deputies and placed on his stomach on the bottom bunk in his cell, the KBI said.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Researchers at Indiana University and the University of Florida analyzed the incidence of 14 cancers in adults with obesity who were prescribed GLP-1s, comparing them to cancer rates in non-users.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The vagus nerve also carries fullness signals from the stomach lining to the brain, and a VNS implant has been shown to reduce hunger and promote modest weight loss in obesity.
    Clarissa Brincat, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Beer belly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beer%20belly. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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