pouch

²pouch

verb

Definition of POUCH

transitive verb

1

: to put or form into or as if into a pouch

2

: to transmit by pouch

intransitive verb

1

: to bulge or stick out or down in a manner suggesting a pouch <pouching cheeks>

2

: to transmit mail or dispatches by pouch

Examples of POUCH

1. <as he grew older, the skin on his neck pouched>

First Known Use of POUCH

circa 1566

Related to POUCH

Synonyms: bag, balloon, beetle, belly, billow, bunch, jut, overhang, poke, pooch [chiefly dialect], bulge, pout, project, protrude, stand out, start, stick out, swell

Related Words: dome; blow up, inflate; dilate, distend, expand; mushroom, snowball; elongate, extend, lengthen, stretch

Near Antonyms: compress, condense, constrict, contract, shrink

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