Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Slang A dog.
- v. To bulge; protrude. Used with out: "a little roll of flab that pooches out above the tight waists of their spandex trunks” ( Megan Rosenfeld).
Wiktionary
- n. A dog
- n. A dog of mixed breed, a mongrel
- n. A bulge, an enlarged part
- n. A distended or swelled condition.
- v. To distend, to swell or extend beyond normal limits; usually used with "out":
WordNet 3.0
- v. round one's lips as if intending to kiss
- n. informal terms for dogs
Etymologies
- Origin unknown.Alteration of pouch.
Examples
“Hum Sage, do you think your pooch is a yo-yo dieter?”
“The conceit of Bolt! is that the title pooch (voiced by John Travolta ... what better casting for a movie about fantasies of omnipotence than an actual Scientologist?) has been genetically altered to have super-powers (super-speed, super-strength, and a super-bark capable of unleashing a sonic boom) as he assists "his person," a girl named Penny (voiced by Disney's current uber-darling Miley Cyrus) in her battle against "The Green Eyed Man" (the envy of the rest of humanity, perhaps?) to recapture her father, who has been kidnapped to reveal the secrets of whatever it is he does to create super-pooches.”
“I never conjure up an image of a black Labrador, Chesapeake Bay Retriever, German Shorthair, or Weimaraner when the word "pooch" is spoken!”
“The mental image I get when the word "pooch" is heard is a furry, nappy, little mutt (or thoroughbred for that matter) or facimilie thereof.”
“Although my pooch is only 5 months I would like to work on calling a command once as well as hammering in the obedience.”
“An elderly Oklahoma man landed himself in jail after using bolt cutters to break his prized pooch from the pound.”
“Well, if Coakley loses in Mass next week, then the pooch is screwed.”
“The pooch is a walking visual entertainment field.”
“Mr. Wurster has screwed the pooch from the beginning on this recall ....”
“Top dog winner: This primo pooch is the pick of the litter”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pooch’.
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metaphoric references to dogs
As an ongoing part of my project, Dogs in Metaphor and Idiom, Illustrated, (www.metaphordogs.org) I am continually adding terms. If you know a term that fi...
dog, alpha male, at bay, bark, bird dog, bitch, bitchin, bloodhound, bulldog, canaille, canines, cerberus and 130 more...
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Origin unknown
bamboozle, ballyhoo, banter, bludgeon, chad, cocktail, culvert, curmugeon, dildo, dude, dweeb, dyke and 51 more...
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A List Of The Cutest Words Ever Created!
HEE OK LETS DO IT! I'm v.v. excited! (with thanks to whichbe, Lampbane, bilby, effigy, frogapplause, and fredrx!)
piggy, toesy woesies, snurfle, wiggly, chomp, lewispoo, dobby, dunderhead, cupcake, mumbo jumbo, wigglebop, scuttle and 85 more...
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First I Look at the Purse
purse, Purse, purses, pursed, First I Look at t..., purse money, purse-crew, purse-gang, purser, pursers, coin purse, purse-seine and 39 more...
amacleod03 A slang term for a dog, especially a mongrel.
Jul 26, 2009
tiggytig Goodness =X Oct 22, 2008
chained_bear Cheese and rice, will you watch your language?!
;) Oct 11, 2007
oroboros I love this word in its 'pooch out' usage!
"The peeniebunkle & jerry pooched out of the sammich and onto the rug." :oD Oct 11, 2007