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. slang 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. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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 131 more...
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dogs and their relatives
dog dogs and more dogs anything
I can think of ,canids and their
relatives
my favourite African wild dog
all have 42 teethaffenpinscher, akita, alan, aland, alant, alopecoid, apso, bandog, barbet, basenji, basset, bawtie and 355 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 99 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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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...
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What's That Pokémon Name?
Words used to create the names of Pokémon, which are usually portmanteaux.
bulb, dinosaur, ivy, venus, char, salamander, squirt, turtle, blast, tortoise, water, caterpillar and 525 more...
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Face Place ㋡
Facial expressions, methods for determining emotional states, and general terms for passionate emotional states.
I've put specific-emotion words in these other lists of mine:
Hap...perfervid, vehement, demonstrative, fervent, torrid, frantic, agog, choler, moue, histrionic, dacrygelosis, verklempt and 92 more...
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5-0
Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
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Pop Culture
Comic strip character names and words, along with modern slang oddities.
rowrbazzle, pogo, rhinocerwurst, bitchin', cowabunga, joe btfsplk, churchy la femme, howland owl, porky pine, miss mamselle hep..., shmoo, unobtanium and 390 more...
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oddball
wackadoodlery.
( personal list )
related (from me):
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/onomatopoeias--1
bric-a-brac, succotash, humbucker, skedaddle, scallywag, sassafras, gadzooks, humdinger, hoity-toity, wishy-washy, namby-pamby, ding dong and 456 more...
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words I have an irrational and burnin...
celesbian, crouch, perez hilton, slop, lotus boob, anal fissure, eat out, crotch, sewage, backwash, vomit, pus and 100 more...
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Critters
cockle, cicada, appaloosa, brachiopod, bivalve, aye-aye, cygnet, alewife, chamois, ermine, drake, dugong and 381 more...
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ms. waddlesworth
astrud, bunny kick of death, claws of doom, fangs from hell, slate gray, pooch, teats, sulky, lap warmer, niphead, furry purry, wild hair and 11 more...
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list 1
dolphin, food, doghnuts, neon green, animals, pooch, puppies
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list 1
Tweets
Looking for tweets for pooch.
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