love handle

English

Noun

love handle (plural love handles)

1. (colloquial, euphemistic, chiefly in the plural) A protruding area of fat on the side of the body, above the hips.

Synonyms

• spare tyre, spare tire
• Kummerspeck (near synonym)

Derived terms

• love-handled

Translations

protruding area of fat on the side of the body

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: jenkkakahva (fi)
• French: poignée d’amour (fr) f
• German: Rettungsring (de) m
• Hungarian: úszógumi (hu)
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• Italian: maniglie dell'amore f pl, maniglie di venere f pl
• Malay: geleber pinggang
• Norwegian: bilring m
• Polish: boczki m pl, oponka (pl) f
• Portuguese: pneu (pt) m
• Russian: жо́пкины у́шки (ru) n pl (žópkiny úški) /lit: ears of arse/
• Spanish: rollo (Argentina), cartucheras m pl