"beer muscles" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-beer muscles.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} beer muscles pl (plural only)
  1. (idiomatic) An aggressive attitude resulting from consumption of an alcoholic beverage. Tags: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Anatomy, Obesity Synonyms (aggressive attitude): bravado Synonyms (paunch attributed to beer): beer baby, beer belly, beer gut, German goiter, Molson muscle Translations (aggressive attitude): rähinäkänni (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-beer_muscles-en-noun-j~N2uw-H Disambiguation of Anatomy: 53 42 5 Disambiguation of Obesity: 61 37 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 42 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 68 24 8 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 50 35 14 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 59 33 8 Disambiguation of 'aggressive attitude': 92 5 3 Disambiguation of 'paunch attributed to beer': 44 32 23 Disambiguation of 'aggressive attitude': 92 5 3
  2. (idiomatic, humorous) A protruding stomach, supposedly indicative of excessive consumption of beer. Tags: humorous, idiomatic, plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (protruding stomach): kaljamaha (Finnish), panse à bière [feminine] (French), Bierbauch [masculine] (German), Gössermuskel [masculine] (German), mięsień piwny [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-beer_muscles-en-noun-lzbnKJQj Disambiguation of Anatomy: 53 42 5 Disambiguation of 'protruding stomach': 2 96 2
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beer, muscles. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-beer_muscles-en-noun-kFZGFtxC

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