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Definition of "pot-bellied" [pot•-bel•lied]

  • Having a protuberant belly, like the bottom of a pot. (adjective)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "pot-bellied" in a sentence
  • "It seems the neighborhood pot-bellied pig left us a couple of weeks ago, and dozens of his best friends turned out to bid him goodbye:"
  • "As recently as the early 2000s, the French largely viewed drinking to excess as something associated with pot-bellied British visitors, often ones wearing replica football shirts or mini skirts, even in the depths of winter."
  • "And what about all those pot-bellied NRA gun owners – who need assault rifles in order to defend themselve from the the “jackbooted federal thugs”?"