paunchy

English

Etymology

paunch +‎ -y.

Adjective

paunchy (comparative paunchier, superlative paunchiest)

Having a paunch; having a prominent stomach; potbellied.
He exercised every day to avoid becoming paunchy in his old age.
- 1958, John M. Kays, Basic animal husbandry (page 269)
  A trim-middled hog will have a higher dressing percentage than a wasty, gutty, paunchy, heavy-middled hog.

Translations

having a paunch

Greek: κοιλαράς (el) m (koilarás), προγάστωρ (el) m or f (progástor)
Ancient: προγάστωρ m or f (progástōr)
Hungarian: pocakos (hu)

Persian: گامبو‎ (fa) (gâmbu)
Russian: пуза́тый (ru) m (puzátyj)
Spanish: panzón (es) m, panzudo (es) m, barrigudo (es) m, barrigón (es) m, guatón (es) m (South America)

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