pooch

plural pooches

1. informalA dog.

   She’s just been playing with the pooch ever since they got in the field.

   2 more examples

   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.

   2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 58

   The pup wasn’t only the same breed as her pooch, Piper, but the same color as well.

   2026 January 17, Angela Barbuti, “Puppy Love: Couple with same dog breed met on apps and fell in love — and so did their pets”, in NY Post

2. A dog of mixed breed; a mongrel.

plural pooches

1. countableinformalA bulge, an enlarged part.

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

2. countableinformaluncountableA distended or swelled condition.

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

3. broadlycountableinformaluncountableThe lower belly region; often in reference to the stubborn fat stored in the abdominal area.

   See also: paunch

present singular third person pooches · participle present pooching · participle past pooched · past pooched

1. informalintransitiveTo 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.

   1 more example

   There were rustling sounds from the tent and the sides pooched out as if they were trying to stand up.

   1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 21, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 124