pooch
To distend, to swell or extend beyond normal limitsTo distend, to swell or extend beyond normal limits; usually used with out.
» He named his puppy Pooch.
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1 senses(informal)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.
- round one's lips as if intending to kiss
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. — Esperantostern
Cookie is a playful pooch.
"Cookie's sixteen." "That's an old pooch."
Origin
Probably related to pouch.Probably related to pouch.
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Forms
pooches, pooching, pooched, poochedSynonyms
1 synonyms- round one's lips as if intending to kiss:pooch out
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.