Washboard stomach

Washboard stomach
stomach with well-defined, well-toned, rippling muscles

Dictionary of Australian slang . 2013.

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  • washboard — noun Date: 1742 1. a broad thin plank along a gunwale or on the sill of a lower deck port to keep out the sea 2. baseboard 3. a. a corrugated rectangular surface that is used for scrubbing clothes or as a percussion instrument b. a road or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • washboard — ► NOUN 1) a board made of ridged wood or a sheet of corrugated zinc, against which clothes are scrubbed during washing. 2) a similar board played as a percussion instrument by scraping. 3) (before another noun ) (of a man s stomach) lean and with …   English terms dictionary

  • stomach — noun 1 part of the body where food is digested ADJECTIVE ▪ empty, full ▪ You shouldn t drink wine on an empty stomach (= without eating food). ▪ dodgy (BrE, informal), queasy, upset …   Collocations dictionary

  • washboard — noun Washboard is used before these nouns: ↑stomach …   Collocations dictionary

  • washboard — noun 1》 a board made of ridged wood or a sheet of corrugated zinc, against which clothes are scrubbed during washing.     ↘a similar board played as a percussion instrument by scraping. 2》 N. Amer. a worn, uneven road surface. 3》 [as modifier]… …   English new terms dictionary

  • washboard abs — n. well defined stomach muscles …   English slang

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  • paunch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stomach, abdomen, belly; fat. See convexity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. stomach, epigastrium, belly, gut*, breadbasket*, bay window*; see also abdomen . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. potbelly, *beer… …   English dictionary for students

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