Paunch

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Paunch \Paunch\ (p[add]nch or p[aum]nch; 277), n. [OF. panch,
     pance, F. panse, L. pantex, panticis.]
     1. (Anat.) The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the
        first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See {Rumen}.
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     2. (Naut.) A paunch mat; -- called also {panch}.
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     3. The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.
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     4. A noticeably protruding belly; a potbelly.
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     {Paunch mat} (Naut.), a thick mat made of strands of rope,
        used to prevent the yard or rigging from chafing.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Paunch \Paunch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paunched} (p[add]ncht or
     p[aum]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Paunching}.]
     1. To pierce or rip the belly of; to eviscerate; to
        disembowel. --Shak.
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     2. To stuff with food. [Obs.] --Udall.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  paunch
       n : a protruding abdomen [syn: {belly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "paunch":
     abdomen, abomasum, bay window, beerbelly, belly, bowel,
     breadbasket, corporation, craw, crop, diaphragm, disembowel, draw,
     embonpoint, first stomach, gizzard, gullet, gut, honeycomb stomach,
     kishkes, manyplies, maw, midriff, omasum, pot, potbelly, potgut,
     psalterium, pusgut, rennet bag, reticulum, rumen, second stomach,
     spare tire, stomach, swagbelly, third stomach, tum-tum, tummy,
     underbelly, ventripotence