Usually means: Having a protruding or large belly.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word paunchy:

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  1. paunchy: Merriam-Webster
  2. paunchy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. paunchy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. paunchy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. paunchy: Vocabulary.com
  6. paunchy: Wordnik
  7. paunchy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. paunchy: Wiktionary
  9. paunchy: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Paunchy, paunchy: Dictionary.com
  11. Paunchy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. paunchy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. paunchy: Rhymezone
  14. Paunchy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. paunchy: FreeDictionary.org
  16. paunchy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. paunchy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. paunchy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. paunchy: Medical dictionary

(Note: See paunchier as well.)

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adjective:  Having a paunch; having a prominent stomach; potbellied.

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