Antonyms for paunch
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pawnch, pahnch |
| Phonetic Transcription : pɔntʃ, pɑntʃ |
Definition of paunch
Origin :- late 14c. (late 12c. in surnames), from Old French pance (Old North French panche) "belly, stomach," from Latin panticem (nominative pantex) "belly, bowels" (cf. Spanish panza, Italian pancia); possibly related to panus "swelling" (see panic (n.2)).
- noun large stomach
- I dared not retort, but I looked so hard at his paunch that the General smiled.
- Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
- He was getting something of a paunch, and sorrow had no effect on it.
- Extract from : « The Moon and Sixpence » by W. Somerset Maugham
- If it hit en in the paunch, it's 'not out' and the fella must have suffered.
- Extract from : « From a Cornish Window » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
- Would not it be a good thing to make a good clean incision in that paunch.
- Extract from : « The Forged Coupon and Other Stories » by Leo Tolstoy
- A merchant, like the other merchants, and his paunch is also that of the real merchant.
- Extract from : « Foma Gordyeff » by Maxim Gorky
- The paunch, in such an animal, will hold from fifteen to eighteen gallons.
- Extract from : « Delineations of the Ox Tribe » by George Vasey
- It is generally in the paunch that these hair-balls are found.
- Extract from : « Delineations of the Ox Tribe » by George Vasey
- The vermin born of those eggs have perforated the victim's paunch.
- Extract from : « The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles » by Jean Henri Fabre
- And a wolf coming by swallowed the paunch and Thumbkin with it.
- Extract from : « Europa's Fairy Book » by Joseph Jacobs
- Panzer, a cuirass, is etymologically a pauncher, or defence for the paunch.
- Extract from : « The Romance of Words (4th ed.) » by Ernest Weekley
Synonyms for paunch
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