muffin tops

Noun

muffin top (plural muffin tops)

1. (colloquial, derogatory, figuratively, sometimes) The roll of fat that extends horizontally over the edges of the waistline of tightly fitting trousers.
   • Finally, I stopped lunging and with my Baby Belly, my Bat Wings, my Muffin Top and my Banana Folds, I rolled up my yoga mat and walked to the door.2009, Tracy Beckerman, “do you know the muffin top”, in Beth Feldman, editor, See Mom Run: Side-Splitting Essays from the World's Most Harried Blogging Moms, page 38
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see muffin, top: the top part of a muffin.
   • Kellogg also expanded the brand by introducing pancakes, mini waffles, French toast, and muffin tops.2011, Sherri Liberman, American Food by the Decades, page 134