muffin top

plural muffin tops

1. colloquialderogatoryfigurativelysometimesThe roll of fat that extends horizontally over the edges of the waistline of tightly fitting trousers.

   She hated her flat hair and her muffin top that spilled ever so slightly from her jeans, and she had felt increasingly uninspired at work.

   2011, Marissa De Luna, Goa Traffic, page 95

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   Finally, I stopped lunging and with my Baby Belly, my Bat Wings, my Muffin Top and my Banana Folds, I rolled up my yoga mat and walked to the door.

   2009, Tracy Beckerman, “do you know the muffin top”, in Beth Feldman, editor, See Mom Run: Side-Splitting Essays from the World's Most Harried Blogging Moms, page 38

   You should certainly aim for shorts tight enough to accomplish two ends: constricting proper blood flow and providing a nice canvas for your muffin-top.

   2010, Guido DiErio, Fist Pump: An In-Your-Face Guide to Going Guido, page 133

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see muffin, top: the top part of a muffin.

   Kellogg also expanded the brand by introducing pancakes, mini waffles, French toast, and muffin tops.

   2011, Sherri Liberman, American Food by the Decades, page 134