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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Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
While some kennels can be pricey, Cooper said the animal shelter isn't a pooch or cat hotel.
—Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
The family’s one-year-old pooch, Atlas, was upstairs, in the family’s living quarters.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
Having co-created the eponymous pooch, writer Bob Baker retained some of the rights to the character, but crucially not to the design or his connections to a certain Time Lord — hence the extensive makeover and the lack of references to the metal mutt's adventures in space and time.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 13 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Once he's presented with his adoptable pooch for the day, Reisberg gets right to filming.
—Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
While some kennels can be pricey, Cooper said the animal shelter isn't a pooch or cat hotel.
—Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
The family’s one-year-old pooch, Atlas, was upstairs, in the family’s living quarters.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
Having co-created the eponymous pooch, writer Bob Baker retained some of the rights to the character, but crucially not to the design or his connections to a certain Time Lord — hence the extensive makeover and the lack of references to the metal mutt's adventures in space and time.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 13 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pooch
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“Pooch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pooch. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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