pooch
Plural: pooches
Noun
- informal terms for dogs
- A dog.
- A dog of mixed breed; a mongrel.
- A bulge, an enlarged part.
- A distended or swelled condition.
Verb
Verb Forms: pooched, pooching, pooches
- To bulge or protrude outwards.
- round one's lips as if intending to kiss
- To distend, to swell or extend beyond normal limits; usually used with out.
Examples
- Her left sleeve has more pooch at the shoulder than the right.
- Inflate that tire too much and the tube may pooch out of the cut in the sidewall.
- The letters on his rack seemed to pooch out, as if trying to form a word themselves.
- There's a pooch in the plastic where it got too hot.
Origin / 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).
Scrabble Score: 12
pooch: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpooch: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pooch: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
pooch: valid Words With Friends Word