"beer belly" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: beer bellies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} beer belly (plural beer bellies)
  1. A protruding belly caused by excess fat stored in the abdomen and colloquially attributed to the consumption of beer. Wikipedia link: beer belly Categories (topical): Alcoholism, Anatomy, Drinking, Obesity Synonyms: beerbelly Synonyms (paunch attributed to beer): beer baby, beer gut, beer muscles, German goiter, Molson muscle Derived forms: beer-bellied Translations (protruding abdomen): 啤酒肚 (be¹ zau² tou⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 士啤呔 (si⁶ be¹ taai¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 將軍肚 (Chinese Mandarin), 将军肚 (jiāngjūndù) (Chinese Mandarin), 啤酒肚 (píjiǔdù) (Chinese Mandarin), pivní pupek [masculine] (Czech), bachor [masculine] (Czech), ølmave [common-gender] (Danish), ølvom [common-gender] (Danish), bierbuik [masculine] (Dutch), õllekõht (Estonian), ølkíkur [masculine] (Faroese), kaljamaha (Finnish), sac à bière [masculine] (French), panse à bière [feminine] (French), Bierbauch [masculine] (German), Wampe [feminine] (German), Schnitzelfriedhof [masculine] (German), προκοίλι (prokoíli) [neuter] (Greek), μπυροκοίλι (birokili) [neuter, slang] (Greek), σκεμπές (skempés) [masculine] (Greek), sörhas (Hungarian), bjórvömb [feminine] (Icelandic), maróg óil [feminine] (Irish), ビール腹 (bīrubara) (Japanese), brzuszysko [neuter] (Polish), brzuszek piwny [masculine] (Polish), kałdun [masculine] (Polish), mięsień piwny [masculine] (Polish), ciąża gastronomiczna [feminine] (Polish), pança de cerveja [feminine] (Portuguese), barriga de cerveja [feminine] (Portuguese), пивно́й живо́т (pivnój živót) [masculine] (Russian), panz'i bira [feminine, masculine] (Sicilian), barriga cervecera [feminine] (Spanish), lonja [feminine] (Spanish), pancho [masculine] (Spanish), panza de birra [feminine] (Spanish), panza chelera [Mexico, feminine] (Spanish), ölmage [common-gender] (Swedish), bira göbeği (Turkish), bụng bia (Vietnamese), birabälid (Volapük)

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pivnój živót",
      "sense": "protruding abdomen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пивно́й живо́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "protruding abdomen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "panz'i bira"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "protruding abdomen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "barriga cervecera"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "protruding abdomen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lonja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "protruding abdomen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pancho"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "protruding abdomen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "panza de birra"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "protruding abdomen",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "panza chelera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "protruding abdomen",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ölmage"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "protruding abdomen",
      "word": "bira göbeği"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "protruding abdomen",
      "word": "bụng bia"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "protruding abdomen",
      "word": "birabälid"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beer belly"
}

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