plural pooches
informal
: dog
a cute pooch
Before the abusive letters pour in …, may I state that I am very fond of dogs. Loyal, obedient, housetrained pooches are a pleasure to rub noses with.—
Romany Bain
Romany Bain
Phrases
screw the pooch
US slang
: to botch an activity or undertaking : screw up
He's a little cocky, but he's not about to screw the pooch.—Douglas M. Bailey
Douglas M. BaileySuch is life. Sometimes you score big, and sometimes you screw the pooch.—Greg Jerrett
Greg JerrettExamples of pooch in a Sentence
Noun
What a cute little pooch!
walking down the street with several pooches on leashes
Verb
his lower lip pooched out in disappointment
Recent Examples on the Web
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
For the second year in a row, The Star is searching for the cutest pooch in the metro.
—Eden Dinneen, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
Her last Instagram post, on April 11, was a National Pet Day message from Keaton and her pooch posing at home with organic biscuits from her Keaton Collection with the home goods company Hudson Grace.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
Bastian is not alone in the winner's circle of the World's Cutest Rescue Dog Contest; two runners-up joined the pooch in the competition's top three.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Gabriel has royally screwed the pooch.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
For the second year in a row, The Star is searching for the cutest pooch in the metro.
—Eden Dinneen, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
Her last Instagram post, on April 11, was a National Pet Day message from Keaton and her pooch posing at home with organic biscuits from her Keaton Collection with the home goods company Hudson Grace.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
Bastian is not alone in the winner's circle of the World's Cutest Rescue Dog Contest; two runners-up joined the pooch in the competition's top three.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Pooch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pooch. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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