pooch
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /puːt͡ʃ/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -uːtʃ
Etymology 1
[edit]Of uncertain origin. One (unsubstantiated) conjecture is that the word comes from Putzi, a common German name given to lapdogs.[1] The name Putzi is possibly formed from German Putz + -i, influenced by German putzig (“funny, cute, small”, adjective).
Noun
[edit]pooch (plural pooches)
- (slang) A dog.
- 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 58:
- My thoughts are disturbed by a man and pooch trying to get off the front of the train. Despite hitting the door button, they refused to open.
- A dog of mixed breed; a mongrel.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]slang: dog
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mongrel
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References
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Probably related to pouch.
Noun
[edit]pooch (countable and uncountable, plural pooches)
- (countable) A bulge, an enlarged part.
- There's a pooch in the plastic where it got too hot.
- A distended or swelled condition.
- Her left sleeve has more pooch at the shoulder than the right.
Translations
[edit]bulge
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Verb
[edit]pooch (third-person singular simple present pooches, present participle pooching, simple past and past participle pooched)
- To distend, to swell or extend beyond normal limits; usually used with out.
- Inflate that tire too much and the tube may pooch out of the cut in the sidewall.
- 1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 21, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings[1], New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 124:
- There were rustling sounds from the tent and the sides pooched out as if they were trying to stand up.
Translations
[edit]to extend beyond normal limits
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