pooch

pooch

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puːt͡ʃ/

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• Rhymes: -uːtʃ

Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin. One (unsubstantiated) conjecture is that the word comes from Putzi, a common German name given to lapdogs.[1] The name Putzi is possibly formed from German Putz + -i, influenced by German putzig (“funny, cute, small”, adjective).

Noun

pooch (plural pooches)

1. (slang) A dog.
   • 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 58:

     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. A dog of mixed breed; a mongrel.

Translations

slang: dog

Chinese: Mandarin: 狗 (zh) (gǒu) Danish: hund (da) c Dutch: vuilnisbakkie n Finnish: piski (fi), murre (fi) French: clébard (fr) m, cabot (fr) m, sac à puces (fr) m German: Köter (de) m, Straßenköter m, Töle (de) f Hungarian: kutya (hu) Italian: cagnaccio (it) m Japanese: (as slang)わんこ (wanko), (officially)犬 (ja) (inu) Norwegian: Bokmål: bikkje (no) m or f Portuguese: totó (pt) m Romanian: javră (ro) f, potaie (ro) f Spanish: pichicho m Swedish: jycke (sv) c Turkish: it (tr), köpek (tr) Volapük: dog (vo)

mongrel

Bulgarian: помияр (bg) m (pomijar) Dutch: bastaard (nl) m Finnish: rakki (fi) French: bâtard (fr) m German: Köter (de) m, Straßenköter m, Promenadenmischung (de) f, Mischlingshund (de) m Hungarian: korcs (hu) Italian: bastardo (it) m Japanese: 雑種犬 (zasshuken) Norwegian: Bokmål: kjøter (no) m, gatemiks m, blandingshund m Polish: kundel (pl) m Romanian: corcitură (ro) f Russian: дворняжка (ru) f (dvornjažka)

References

1. Eric Partridge (2003), Paul Beale, editor, Shorter Slang Dictionary, Routledge, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Probably related to pouch.

Noun

pooch (countable and uncountable, plural pooches)

1. (countable) A bulge, an enlarged part.

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

2. A distended or swelled condition.

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

Translations

bulge

Finnish: pullistuma (fi) Romanian: umflătură (ro) f

distended or swelled condition

Finnish: pullistuma (fi) Romanian: umflare (ro) f, umflătură (ro) f

Verb

pooch (third-person singular simple present pooches, present participle pooching, simple past and past participle pooched)

1. To 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.

   • 1969, Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, 1971, Chapter 21, p. 124,

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

Translations

to extend beyond normal limits

Dutch: puilen (nl), uitpuilen (nl) Finnish: pullistua (fi) Romanian: umfla (ro)

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