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

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Etymology

Origin of beer belly

First recorded in 1915–20

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Example Sentences

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beer belly

"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 ● Feb. 17, 2023

Just last week, he mocked Bill Gates’s beer belly after the Microsoft co-founder was said to have bet against Tesla’s stock price.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2022

Not that Miller has a paunch or beer belly, mind you.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2021

It’s very, very easy to succumb to the funny memes—the Axe body spray, beer belly putsch.

From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2021

I avoid looking at the small beer belly that’s grown on him, though I’m aware of it, of the changes in his body, as he must be of mine.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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