pooch

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

pooches

1.
(informal)A dog.
She’s just been playing with the pooch ever since they got in the field.
2.
A dog of mixed breed; a mongrel.
3.
(countable, informal)A bulge, an enlarged part.
There's a pooch in the plastic where it got too hot.
4.
(countable, informal, uncountable)A distended or swelled condition.
Her left sleeve has more pooch at the shoulder than the right.
5.
(broadly, countable, informal, uncountable)(by extension) The lower belly region; often in reference to the stubborn fat stored in the abdominal area.
See also: paunch

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verb

V_es/s

pooches

V_ing/Gerund

pooching

V_ed/pp

pooched

1.
(informal, intransitive)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.

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poochiescrew the pooch

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Nguồn gốc từ

Of 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 putzig.