Around the corner comes a paunch. The owner is right behind.
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Paunch
//pɔːnt͡ʃ//
Synonyms for "paunch" (63 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (31)
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82 translations across 32 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- كرش noun (large, protruding belly)
- كَرِش noun (large, protruding belly)
Armenian
1 entries- փոր noun (large, protruding belly)
Bulgarian
3 entries- търбух noun (first stomach of ruminant; rumen)
- шкембе noun (large, protruding belly)
- изтърбушвам verb (to remove organs of a ruminant)
Catalan
2 entries- butza noun (large, protruding belly)
- panxa noun (large, protruding belly)
Czech
3 entries- bachor noun (first stomach of ruminant; rumen)
- panděro noun (large, protruding belly)
- pupek noun (large, protruding belly)
Danish
2 entries- bug noun (large, protruding belly)
- vom noun (large, protruding belly)
Dutch
3 entries- buik noun (large, protruding belly)
- pens noun (first stomach of ruminant; rumen)
- pens noun (large, protruding belly)
Esperanto
1 entries- ventro noun (large, protruding belly)
Finnish
3 entries- pötsi noun (first stomach of ruminant; rumen)
- pötsi noun (large, protruding belly)
- suolistaa verb (to remove organs of a ruminant)
French
3 entries- bedaine noun (large, protruding belly)
- panse noun (first stomach of ruminant; rumen)
- panse noun (large, protruding belly)
Galician
4 entries- andorga noun (large, protruding belly)
- bandullo noun (first stomach of ruminant; rumen)
- bandullo noun (large, protruding belly)
- barriga noun (large, protruding belly)
Georgian
1 entries- ღიპი noun (large, protruding belly)
German
4 entries- Pansen noun (first stomach of ruminant; rumen)
- Plauze noun (large, protruding belly)
- Wampe noun (large, protruding belly)
- Wanst noun (large, protruding belly)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰 noun (large, protruding belly)
Greek
2 entries- κοιλιά noun (first stomach of ruminant; rumen)
- προκοίλι noun (large, protruding belly)
Hungarian
3 entries- bendő noun (first stomach of ruminant; rumen)
- has noun (large, protruding belly)
- pocak noun (large, protruding belly)
Irish
3 entries- blonag noun (large, protruding belly)
- maróg noun (large, protruding belly)
- méadail mhór noun (first stomach of ruminant; rumen)
Italian
4 entries- buzzo noun (large, protruding belly)
- pancia noun (first stomach of ruminant; rumen)
- pancia noun (large, protruding belly)
- pancione noun (large, protruding belly)
Middle English
1 entries- paunche noun (large, protruding belly)
Polish
1 entries- bebech noun (large, protruding belly)
Portuguese
2 entries- pança noun (first stomach of ruminant; rumen)
- pança noun (large, protruding belly)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਗੋਗੜ noun (large, protruding belly)
Romanian
4 entries- burdihan noun (large, protruding belly)
- burduf noun (first stomach of ruminant; rumen)
- burduhan noun (first stomach of ruminant; rumen)
- burduhan noun (large, protruding belly)
Russian
4 entries- брю́хо noun (large, protruding belly)
- пу́зо noun (large, protruding belly)
- рубе́ц noun (first stomach of ruminant; rumen)
- потроши́ть verb (to remove organs of a ruminant)
Sicilian
1 entries- panza noun (first stomach of ruminant; rumen)
Spanish
4 entries- barriga noun (large, protruding belly)
- guata noun (large, protruding belly)
- panza noun (first stomach of ruminant; rumen)
- panza noun (large, protruding belly)
Swedish
2 entries- buk noun (large, protruding belly)
- våm noun (first stomach of ruminant; rumen)
Tagalog
1 entries- buyon noun (large, protruding belly)
Tamil
1 entries- தொப்பை noun (large, protruding belly)
Ukrainian
3 entries- пузо noun (large, protruding belly)
- рубець noun (first stomach of ruminant; rumen)
- черевце noun (large, protruding belly)
Volapük
1 entries- lugötöp noun (large, protruding belly)
Welsh
2 entries- bol noun (large, protruding belly)
- cest noun (large, protruding belly)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
See also: pooch
Source: wiktionary
Since retiring from athletics, he has developed a paunch.
Source: wiktionary
“And another sort of weak, flailing blow to the paunch. Neither of these two are in any condition to be fighting.”
Source: wiktionary
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