noun
Meaning 1
A dog.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- She’s just been playing with the pooch ever since they got in the field.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pooch
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/puːt͡ʃ/
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rhymes with -uːtʃ
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noun
Meaning 2
A dog of mixed breed; a mongrel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A bulge, an enlarged part.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal
Examples
- There's a pooch in the plastic where it got too hot.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A distended or swelled condition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal, uncountable
Examples
- Her left sleeve has more pooch at the shoulder than the right.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
The lower belly region; often in reference to the stubborn fat stored in the abdominal area.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, informal, uncountable
Examples
- See also: paunch
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To distend, to swell or extend beyond normal limits; usually used with out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive
Examples
- Inflate that tire too much and the tube may pooch out of the cut in the sidewall.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
informal terms for dogs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: doggie, doggy, barker, bow-wow
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dog, domestic dog, Canis familiaris
verb
Meaning 8
round one's lips as if intending to kiss
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pooch out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: purse
History
Etymology
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).
Probably related to pouch.
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: quissa — slang: dog
- Chinese Mandarin: 狗 (gǒu) — slang: dog
- Danish: hund — slang: dog
- Dutch: vuilnisbakkie — slang: dog
- Finnish: piski — slang: dog
- Finnish: murre — slang: dog
- French: clébard — slang: dog
- French: cabot — slang: dog
- French: sac à puces — slang: dog
- Galician: cadelo — slang: dog
- Galician: cerrulo — slang: dog
- Galician: cuzo — slang: dog
- German: Köter — slang: dog
- German: Straßenköter — slang: dog
- German: Töle — slang: dog
- Hungarian: kutya — slang: dog
- Italian: cagnaccio — slang: dog
- Japanese: (as slang)わんこ (wanko) — slang: dog
- Japanese: (officially)犬 (inu) — slang: dog
- Norwegian Bokmål: bikkje — slang: dog
- Portuguese: totó — slang: dog
- Romanian: javră — slang: dog
- Romanian: potaie — slang: dog
- Spanish: pichicho — slang: dog
- Swedish: jycke — slang: dog
- Turkish: it — slang: dog
- Turkish: köpek — slang: dog
- Volapük: dog — slang: dog
- Bulgarian: помияр (pomijar) — mongrel
- Dutch: bastaard — mongrel
- Finnish: rakki — mongrel
- French: bâtard — mongrel
- Galician: can de palleiro — mongrel
- German: Köter — mongrel
- German: Straßenköter — mongrel
- German: Promenadenmischung — mongrel
- German: Mischlingshund — mongrel
- Hungarian: korcs — mongrel
- Italian: bastardo — mongrel
- Japanese: 雑種犬 (zasshuken) — mongrel
- Norwegian Bokmål: kjøter — mongrel
- Norwegian Bokmål: gatemiks — mongrel
- Norwegian Bokmål: blandingshund — mongrel
- Polish: kundel — mongrel
- Romanian: corcitură — mongrel
- Russian: дворняжка (dvornjažka) — mongrel
- Finnish: pullistuma — bulge
- Romanian: umflătură — bulge
- Finnish: pullistuma — distended or swelled condition
- Romanian: umflare — distended or swelled condition
- Romanian: umflătură — distended or swelled condition
- Dutch: puilen — to extend beyond normal limits
- Dutch: uitpuilen — to extend beyond normal limits
- Finnish: pullistua — to extend beyond normal limits
- Romanian: umfla — to extend beyond normal limits
Real reading context