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

She had described a man as having “a beer gut that belongs in the Smithsonian”; that was changed, she laments, to “protuberant abdomen.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2020

Sporting a beer gut and a five o’clock shadow, he’s a nice guy who’s self-sabotaged his own life.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 13, 2018

Beatrice Leep lived with her father, a former professional basketball player with gimpy knees, a beer gut, and not much enthusiasm for steady work.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen