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swagbelly

swagbelly noun: a prominent, overhanging belly.

Noun

swagbelly (plural swagbellies)

  1. A prominent, overhanging belly.
    • Sancho Zancas […] in the picture, was represented as a person of a short stature, swag belly, and long spindle shanks […].1755, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Tobias Smollett, Don Quixote, Volume 1, II.1
    • He swept his gaze over the short, squat throat, the hairy swagbelly, and the mighty breast, swelling in giant arches like twin shields.1935, Robert Ervin Howard, “The Haunter of the Pits”, in The Hour of the Dragon
    Synonyms:
    paunch
  2. Hence, a person with such a belly.
    • However, so many swagbellies and puff-bags will hardly go to St Hiacco, as there did in the year 5241694, Peter, transl. Motteux, chapter V, in Gargantua and Pantagruel, translation of La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel by Rabelais, François, published c. 1564
  3. A distended abdomen, especially caused by a tumour or enlarged organ; a physconia.

Synonyms of swagbelly

Forms of swagbelly

pluralswagbellies
alternative formswag belly

Origin of swagbelly

From swag (“to droop; to sag”) + belly.

Words formed from swagbelly

Questions about swagbelly

What does swagbelly mean?
Swagbelly means a prominent, overhanging belly.
What part of speech is swagbelly?
Swagbelly is a noun.
What is the plural of swagbelly?
The plural of swagbelly is swagbellies.

Words near swagbelly in the dictionary

  1. swag-shop
  2. swag-shops
  3. swagalicious
  4. swagbellied
  5. swagbellies
  6. swagbelly
  7. swage
  8. swage block
  9. swage blocks
  10. swageable
  11. swaged

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