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

Just below their bellies, their hockey pants were both open at the top.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026
Consumers who indirectly purchased raw pork bacon or fresh or frozen pork made from bellies, loins, shoulders, ribs or pork chops from one of the companies may be eligible for a cash payment.

— Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of bellies

Noun

People were clutching their stomachs, hurling vomit into buckets.

— Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
The court heard how the former nurse, now 36, attacked babies in her care by administering air into their blood and stomachs, overfeeding them with milk, physically assaulting them and poisoning them with insulin.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of stomachs

Noun

What happens when that same principle is applied to families, workplaces, corporations, healthcare systems, schools, financial institutions, social-media companies, and governments?

— Wyles Daniel, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
In a 2015 episode of the crypto podcast Epicenter, Hanson described several internal trials at unnamed corporations.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

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