Definitions for paunches

paunches paunch

Spelling: [pawnch, pahnch]
IPA: /pɔntʃ, pɑntʃ/

Paunches is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 312 anagrams from letters in paunches (acehnpsu).

Definitions for paunches

noun

  1. a large and protruding belly; potbelly.
  2. the belly or abdomen.
  3. the rumen.

Origin of paunches

1325-75; Middle English paunche Anglo-French, for Middle French pance Latin panticēs (plural) bowels

Examples for paunches

A merchant, like the other merchants, and his paunch is also that of the real merchant.

If it hit en in the paunch, it's 'not out' and the fella must have suffered.

In the male hierarchy of overweightness that runs upward from baby fat to morbid obesity, the paunch is the glorious exception.

Hart's the good ol' boy type: wife, kids, mistress, no-nonsense demeanor, the beginnings of a paunch.

I dared not retort, but I looked so hard at his paunch that the General smiled.

He was getting something of a paunch, and sorrow had no effect on it.

He has a pudgy face and a paunch that gives him a teddy bear-like quality.

Having yourself immortalized with a paunch indicated you were wealthy/held high office/were involved in derring-do.

Would not it be a good thing to make a good clean incision in that paunch.

Once they leave office, the paunch is usually shed quietly á la Bill Clinton.

Word Value for paunches
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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