pooch
A dogA dog.
» He named his puppy Pooch.
Meaning
5 senses(informal)A dog.
She’s just been playing with the pooch ever since they got in the field.
Köter, Straßenköter, Töle
A dog of mixed breed; a mongrel.
Köter, Straßenköter, Promenadenmischung
дворняжкаdvornjažka
(countable, informal)A bulge, an enlarged part.
There's a pooch in the plastic where it got too hot.
(countable, informal, uncountable)A distended or swelled condition.
Her left sleeve has more pooch at the shoulder than the right.
(broadly, countable, informal, uncountable)The lower belly region; often in reference to the stubborn fat stored in the abdominal area.
See also: paunch
- informal terms for dogs
Examples
5 sentencesHe named his puppy Pooch.
Mary doesn't have a pooch; she has a kitten.
Tom and Mary are dog lovers, and have their pooch groomed once a month.
deTom und Maria sind Hundeliebhaber und lassen ihrem Hündchen einmal im Monat das Fell pflegen.
Cookie is a playful pooch.
"Cookie's sixteen." "That's an old pooch."
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
Of uncertain origin. One (unsubstantiated) conjecture is that the word comes from Putzi, aOf 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).
Probably related to pouch.
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