POOCH Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈpüch

Definition of pooch

as in dog

a domestic mammal that is related to the wolves and foxes walking down the street with several pooches on leashes

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verb

chiefly dialect

as in to protrude

to extend outward beyond a usual point his lower lip pooched out in disappointment

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Recent Examples of pooch

Noun

People bring their pooches and gather with friends to watch their favorite team. — Andrea Nakano, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 After the operations, Tiberius started focusing on learning to navigate the world as a blind dog, and not long after, Ernst and Tremarki decided to adopt the pooch. — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2026 In a tongue-in-cheek short film, Turner and his pooch are shown squaring off over a game of chess. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026 And Stoops has a pooch too, though more details are not known in his absence. — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 28 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pooch

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pooch

Noun

The retail giant won a new trial in the case of a woman who had been awarded a nearly $1 million verdict after slipping and falling on a liquid in the dog food aisle of a store in Valdosta.

— Adam Beam, AJC.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Ask to see the set that still remains—just watch out for the grumpy resident dog, who is best admired from afar.

— Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026

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Wire-thin cables protruding from the implant exit Pancho’s skull through the coin-sized opening.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026
Once fished to the brink of extinction globally, sand tiger sharks, that iconic aquarium shark with a jaw of protruding, jagged teeth that only a mother could love, have been increasing in the Boston Harbor over the last decade.

— Asia London Palomba, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of protrude

Verb

On the other, the black sand slopes downward into darkness, garden eels poking cautiously from burrows before instantly retreating at the slightest movement.

— Avantika Chaturvedi, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2026
But Miami broke through in the third quarter when Notre Dame cornerback Leonard Moore went to the bench after being poked in the eye, according to the NBC broadcast.

— Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026