beer gut

American  

[bir guht] / ˈbɪr ˌgʌt /

noun

• beer guts
  plural

1. Informal. beer belly.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• beer-gutted
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• beer guts
  plural

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

beer gut

I started to build an image of him in my mind: red hair, freckled, pale skin, a slight beer gut, maybe around 40, single, no kids.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2025

He’s a salt-of-the-earth fellow: goateed, burly with a bit of a beer gut, taciturn, with a baseball cap on his head.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2021

Balding and with a healthily convex beer gut, Eckhart is almost unrecognizable in the role.

From Time ● Nov. 17, 2016

I got a massage last week, but in the early miles Sunday, my legs felt heavy and tight, the way my beer gut used to strain against a T-shirt.

From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2014

Lamar grunted and reclined in his chair, folding his arms across his beer gut.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner