beer belly

American  

noun

1. a protuberant belly from or as if from drinking large quantities of beer; potbelly; paunch.

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beer belly British  

noun

1. Also called: beer gut.  informal  a protruding belly caused by excessive beer drinking

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Other Word Forms

• beer-bellied adjective

Etymology

Origin of beer belly

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

"I think when you talk to somebody and ask what they stereotypically think of when someone says farmer they say '60-year-old man with a checked shirt and a beer belly', and a lot of the time that is it, but us women are out here and farmers too," she said.

From BBC

Shanahan said Bosa would have to show up with a “beer belly” and “be out of shape” not to play the season opener at Pittsburgh on Sunday but added that’s “not in Bosa’s DNA.”

From Washington Times

Erik Ofgang unpacks the myth of the beer belly.

From Slate

"I do have a bit of a beer belly, but that's not by drinking beer. I've been on one of the medications, which is a steroid," he says.

From BBC

It happened on the woodland walk area of the attraction, with the man described as white, 40-50 years of age and having a "slight beer belly".

From BBC

Related Words

• abdomen
• gut
• insides
• pelvis
• tank
• tummy