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 Bainsee also screw the pooch
Examples 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
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Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 9 Feb. 2026
And, when the commercial aired during the sporting event, Russell says the whole family — including Kate Hudson and Wyatt Russell — was in attendance to cheer on their popular pooch.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Feb. 2026
Westminster wins often go to pooches with professional handlers or owners with decades or even generations of experience behind them.
—CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Watch as Buffalo Bills wide receiver Khalil Shakir trains one special pooch and shares his personal story on the importance of adoption.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 3 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Ready to add a pooch to your family?
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 9 Feb. 2026
And, when the commercial aired during the sporting event, Russell says the whole family — including Kate Hudson and Wyatt Russell — was in attendance to cheer on their popular pooch.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Feb. 2026
Westminster wins often go to pooches with professional handlers or owners with decades or even generations of experience behind them.
—CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Watch as Buffalo Bills wide receiver Khalil Shakir trains one special pooch and shares his personal story on the importance of adoption.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Pooch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pooch. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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