different between paunch vs vitals

English

Etymology

From Middle English paunche, from Old Northern French panche, Old French pance (French panse), from Latin pantex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??nt?/
• (some accents) IPA^(key): /p??nt?/
• Rhymes: -??nt?, -??nt?

Noun

paunch (plural paunches)

1. The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen.
2. The contents of this stomach in a slaughtered animal, viewed as food or a byproduct.
3. The belly of a human, especially a large, fat protruding one.

4. (nautical) A paunch mat.
5. The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.

Synonyms

• (protruding belly): See also Thesaurus:paunch.

Related terms

• paunce
• paunchy

Translations

Verb

paunch (third-person singular simple present paunches, present participle paunching, simple past and past participle paunched)

1. To remove the internal organs of a ruminant, prior to eating.
   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 3 scene 2

     (Caliban)

     Why, as I told thee, 'tis a custom with him

     I' th' afternoon to sleep: there thou may'st brain him,

     Having first seiz'd his books; or with a log

     Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake,

     Or cut his wezand with thy knife

Translations

Middle English

Noun

paunch

1. Alternative form of paunche

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?va?t?lz/

Noun

vitals pl (plural only)

1. (plural only) Those organs of the body that are essential for life.
2. (plural only, figuratively) Those parts of a system without which it cannot function.
3. (medicine, plural only) Vital signs.

Quotations

• 1827 Ann Hasseltine Judson - An account of the American Baptist mission to the Burman empire

  they were ripped open from the lowest to the highest extremity of the stomach, and their vitals and part of their bowels were hanging out

• 2003 David R Woodward - Trial by Friendship: Anglo-American Relations, 1917-1918

  This final victory can only be had by reaching the vitals of Germany and by destroying her armed forces.

• 1991 Suzy Szasz - Living With It: Why You Don't Have to Be Healthy to Be Happy

  At least once an hour a nurse came into the room, either to check on me or my roommate, or to take vitals

Derived terms

• stap my vitals

Anagrams

• vistal

Catalan

Adjective

vitals

1. plural of vital