beer-bellied

as in plump
having a large protruding abdomen at the reunion, former players of the championship baseball squad gathered for a group photo in all their gray-haired and beer-bellied glory

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Adjective
  • But instead of the dry, flaky mattes of our youth, these go on buttery soft and manage to cushion lips in peptides, hyaluronic acid, and botanical extracts for a hydrated, plump pout.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Most memorably are the mayor, depicted as a plump Caucasian male who performs Jackson’s famous kick, and the skeleton who dances Jackson’s iconic moonwalk.
    Ime Ekpo, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Perun summoned a potbellied officer from the T.D.F. brigade to the operations center.
    Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
  • What could be more luxurious than checking in without having to wade through a maze of slot machines and a cloud of cigarette smoke, dodging potbellied dudes in tank tops?
    Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 18 June 2023
Adjective
  • Lean and lethally witty Adam Godley plays middle son Mayer, the perfect counterpoint to Beale’s paunchy patriarch.
    Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Colin Farrell looks less like himself than ever in The Lobster, a movie in which the attractive leading man is transformed into a schlubby, paunchy character sporting a big mustache and corrective lenses.
    Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • To avoid common side effects—such as stomach pain, vomiting, or diarrhea—Siegel tells his patients to eat smaller portions and less fat to support digestion.
    Jenna Anderson, Health, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Dense breasts have more tissue and less fat, which makes reading mammograms more difficult as tissue and possible tumors both appear white in results, according to the American Cancer Society.
    Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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