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

Derived Forms

• beer-bellied
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of beer belly

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

"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

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

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2021

The subtext, we guess, is don’t ever judge: Your neighbor with a beer belly and a comb-over who drives a beat-up Honda Civic might just be 007 laying low.

From Washington Times • Mar. 23, 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

Related Words

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