pooch

English

Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin. One (unsubstantiated) conjecture is that the word comes from Putzi, a common German name given to lapdogs. The name Putzi is possibly formed from German Putz + -i, influenced by German putzig (“funny, cute, small”, adjective).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -uːtʃ

Noun

pooch (plural pooches)

1. (slang) A dog.
2. A dog of mixed breed; a mongrel.

Translations

slang: dog

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狗 (zh) (gou3)

• Danish: hund (da) c
• Dutch: vuilnisbakkie n
• Finnish: piski (fi), murre (fi)
• French: clébard (fr) m, cabot (fr) m, sac à puces m
• German: Köter (de) m, Straßenköter m
• Hungarian: kutya (hu)
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• Italian: cagnaccio (it) m
• Japanese: (as slang)わんこ (wanko), (offically)犬 (ja) (inu)
• Portuguese: totó (pt) m
• Romanian: javră (ro) f, potaie (ro) f
• Spanish: pichicho m
• Swedish: jycke (sv) c
• Turkish: it (tr), köpek (tr)
• Volapük: dog (vo)

mongrel

• Dutch: bastaard (nl) m
• Finnish: rakki (fi)
• French: bâtard (fr) m
• German: Köter (de) m, Straßenköter m, Promenadenmischung (de) f, Mischlingshund m
• Italian: bastardo (it) m
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• Japanese: 雑種犬 (zasshuken)
• Polish: kundel (pl) m
• Romanian: corcitură (ro) f
• Russian: дворняжка (ru) f (dvornjažka)

Etymology 2

Probably related to pouch.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːtʃ

Noun

pooch (plural pooches)

1. A bulge, an enlarged part

   There's a pooch in the plastic where it got too hot.

2. A distended or swelled condition.

   Her left sleeve has more pooch at the shoulder than the right.

Translations

bulge

• Finnish: pullistuma (fi)
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• Romanian: umflătură (ro) f

distended or swelled condition

• Finnish: pullistuma (fi)
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• Romanian: umflare (ro) f, umflătură (ro) f

Verb

1. 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, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, 1971, Chapter 21, p. 124,^[1]

     There were rustling sounds from the tent and the sides pooched out as if they were trying to stand up.

Translations

to extend beyond normal limits

• Dutch: puilen (nl), uitpuilen (nl)
• Finnish: pullistua
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• Romanian: umfla (ro)