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Pooch

//puːt͡ʃ// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A dog. slang

    "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."

  2. 2
    A bulge, an enlarged part. countable, informal

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

  3. 3
    informal terms for dogs wordnet
  4. 4
    A dog of mixed breed; a mongrel.
  5. 5
    The lower belly region; often in reference to the stubborn fat stored in the abdominal area. broadly, countable, informal, uncountable

    "See also: paunch"

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  1. 6
    A distended or swelled condition. countable, informal, uncountable

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

Verb
  1. 1
    To distend, to swell or extend beyond normal limits; usually used with out. informal, intransitive

    "Inflate that tire too much and the tube may pooch out of the cut in the sidewall."

  2. 2
    round one's lips as if intending to kiss wordnet

Etymology

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).

Etymology 2

Probably related to pouch.

Etymology 3

Probably related to pouch.

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