/puːt͡ʃ/
OriginOf 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).
- slangA dog.
“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.
- countable, informalA bulge, an enlarged part.
“There's a pooch in the plastic where it got too hot.”
- broadly, countable, informal, uncountableThe lower belly region; often in reference to the stubborn fat stored in the abdominal area.
- countable, informal, uncountableA distended or swelled condition.
“Her left sleeve has more pooch at the shoulder than the right.”
- informal, intransitiveTo 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.”
“There were rustling sounds from the tent and the sides pooched out as if they were trying to stand up.”
Formspooches(plural) · pooches(present, singular, third-person) · pooching(participle, present) · pooched(participle, past) · pooched(past)