pooch

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).

• Rhymes: -uːtʃ

pooch (plural pooches)

1. (slang) A dog.
2. A dog of mixed breed; a mongrel.

Probably related to pouch.

• Rhymes: -uːtʃ

pooch (plural pooches)

1. 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.

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.