Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pooch

/puːt͡ʃ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: pooch
IPA: /puːt͡ʃ/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dog.

Informal

noun

A dog of mixed breed; a mongrel.

noun

A bulge, an enlarged part.

Countable; Informal

noun

A distended or swelled condition.

Countable; Informal; Uncountable

noun

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

Countable; Informal; Uncountable

verb

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

Informal; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"She’s just been playing with the pooch ever since they got in the field."
"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."
"The pup wasn’t only the same breed as her pooch, Piper, but the same color as well."
"There's a pooch in the plastic where it got too hot."
"Her left sleeve has more pooch at the shoulder than the right."
"See also: paunch"

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).

Usage

Inflected Forms

pooches (plural) pooches (present, singular) pooching (participle, present) pooched (participle, past) pooched (past)

Derived Forms

poochie poochy

Phrases

screw the pooch pooch out

Synonyms

doggie doggy barker bow-wow pooch out

Rhymes With

brooch gooch hooch smooch bueche couch lodz mooch cooch baluch scooch booch

Questions

How do you pronounce pooch?: The recorded pronunciation is /puːt͡ʃ/.
What does pooch mean?: A dog.
Where does pooch come from?: 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).

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