Usually means: Belly, especially when protruding noticeably.
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  3. paunch: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  7. paunch: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  9. paunch: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. paunch: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  14. paunch: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Paunch: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  17. paunch: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  20. paunch: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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(Note: See paunching as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen.
noun:  The contents of this stomach in a slaughtered animal, viewed as food or a byproduct.
noun:  The belly of a human, especially a large, fat protruding one.
noun:  (nautical) A paunch mat.
noun:  The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.
verb:  To remove the internal organs of a ruminant, prior to eating.

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