as in plump
having a large protruding abdomen
at the reunion, former players of the championship baseball squad gathered for a group photo in all their gray-haired and beer-bellied glory
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Some winners: Hyaluronic acid draws water into the skin to keep it plump and hydrated.—
Jessica Kasparian,
SELF,
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The ultimate shrimp scampi offers perfectly plump shrimp in a garlicky, lemony, white wine sauce.—
Robin Miller,
The Arizona Republic,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Perun summoned a potbellied officer from the T.D.F. brigade to the operations center.—
Luke Mogelson,
The New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2024
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What could be more luxurious than checking in without having to wade through a maze of slot machines and a cloud of cigarette smoke, dodging potbellied dudes in tank tops?—
Jay McInerney,
Town & Country,
18 June 2023
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But if the murderer were middle-aged and paunchy . . .—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
27 Dec. 2024
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Lean and lethally witty Adam Godley plays middle son Mayer, the perfect counterpoint to Beale’s paunchy patriarch.—
Marilyn Stasio,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2021
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Unlike carbohydrates and fat—the other two macronutrients—protein doesn’t come with the same kind of cultural stigma.—
Kari Sonde,
TIME,
13 Jan. 2025
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With less water and more body fat than men, Whyte explains that alcohol becomes more concentrated in a woman’s system, leading to faster intoxication and prolonged exposure to its effects.—
Sandra Rose Salathe,
Flow Space,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Beer-bellied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beer-bellied. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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