Thesaurus results for PAUNCHES

paunches

noun

plural of paunch

as in bellies

an enlarged or bulging abdomen Santa is depicted as a white-bearded man with a big paunch

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Recent Examples of paunches The hair may be grayer, the paunches a little more pronounced, and the joints a little creakier, but the Jackass promise of delivering the missing link between the Three Stooges and a snuff film remains. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2026

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Noun

Patients need their daily medications and their hearts, lungs and bellies must be listened to.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
Two-legged birds can shift their weight from one leg to another, tucking one up into their bellies to keep it warm.

— CBS News, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of bellies

Noun

Other infants bleed into their stomachs or intestines, or other parts of the body.

— Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
The infants would be able to feed to their stomachs’ content on the increasingly ripe meat without getting close to finishing the entire spread laid before them.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of stomachs

Noun

Another precaution is to keep the data from being available in raw form to nongovernmental entities, especially corporations.

— TK Vinod Kumar, The Conversation, 13 Nov. 2026
Nvidia, along with several other large corporations, made large donations to the president's ballroom.

— Steve Liesman, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2026

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