| Paunch 1. (n.) The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See Rumen. 2. (n.) A paunch mat; -- called also panch. 3. (n.) The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper. 4. (v. t.) To pierce or rip the belly of; to eviscerate; to disembowel. 5. (v. t.) To stuff with food. Thesaurus Entries abdomen, abomasum, bay window, beerbelly, belly, bowel, breadbasket, corporation, craw, crop, diaphragm, disembowel, draw, embonpoint, first stomach, gizzard, gullet, gut, honeycomb stomach, kishkes, manyplies, maw, midriff, omasum, pot, potbelly, potgut, psalterium, pusgut, rennet bag, reticulum, rumen, second stomach, spare tire, stomach, swagbelly, third stomach, tum-tum, tummy, underbelly, ventripotence |