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beer gut

American  
[bir guht] / ˈbɪr ˌgʌt /

noun

  • beer guts
    plural
  1. Informal. beer belly.


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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

When he headed to Europe to run that summer, he did so with a pronounced beer gut that had meet promoters reticent to have him race.

From Seattle Times Feb. 16, 2024

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

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

From Time Nov. 17, 2016

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

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