love handle
love handle · love handles
запасное колесо, запаска, жировые складки
Reserverad, Ersatzrad, Ersatzreifen
A protruding area of fat on the side of the body, above the hipsA protruding area of fat on the side of the body, above the hips.
» Tom wants to get rid of his love handles.
Том хочет избавиться от жира на боках.
Meaning
1 senses(colloquial, euphemistic, in the plural)A protruding area of fat on the side of the body, above the hips.
Rettungsring
More definitions
- excess fat around the waistline
Examples
1 sentencesTom wants to get rid of his love handles.
ruТом хочет избавиться от жира на боках. — odexed
Translations
6 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
protruding area of fat on the side of the body:
Origin
First appears c. 1970 in the publication Current Slang. So called because it is supposed tFirst appears c. 1970 in the publication Current Slang. So called because it is supposed to be grabbed by a partner during sexual intercourse.
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Forms
plural: love handlesSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- excess fat around the waistline:spare tire
Word family
2 related wordsRelatedbatwing
Derivedlove-handled