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発音

• IPA: /pɔːnt͡ʃ/
• (some accents) IPA: /pɑːntʃ/
• 韻: -ɔːntʃ, -ɑːntʃ

名詞

paunch (plural paunches)

1. The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen.
2. The contents of this stomach in a slaughtered animal, viewed as food or a byproduct.
3. The belly of a human, especially a large, fat protruding one.

   Synonym: potbelly

   See also: pooch

   Since retiring from athletics, he has developed a paunch.

   • 2022 July 26, William Meny & Paul Simms, “The Night Market” (10:28 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows‎, season 4, episode 4, spoken by Ringmaster (Nick Corirossi):

     “And another sort of weak, flailing blow to the paunch. Neither of these two are in any condition to be fighting.”

4. (nautical) A paunch mat.
5. The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.

同意語

• (protruding belly): See also Thesaurus:paunch.

派生語

関連する語

• paunce

動詞

paunch (third-person singular simple present paunches, present participle paunching, simple past and past participle paunched)

1. To remove the internal organs of a ruminant, prior to eating.
   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

     (Caliban)
     Why, as I told thee, 'tis a custom with him
     I' th' afternoon to sleep: there thou may'st brain him,
     Having first seiz'd his books; or with a log
     Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake,
     Or cut his wezand with thy knife