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Originally Posted by TryWeakly
odd...I always thought that "taut" meant "tight" ...
tightly drawn
: having no give or slack : tightly drawn. a taut rope. : high-strung, tense. taut nerves. : kept in proper order or condition.
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You are absolutely correct TW. Although, there might be differing reasons why a belly is taut, most of us take it to mean taut and flat rather than flabby. The link by the OP is concerning taut and misshapen. Under most circumstances the term taut belly is a positive term.