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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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
Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
There’ll be about 2,500 pooches and more than twice that many people in the park on William and South 16th streets.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
These rescues sometimes involve hazards for the all-volunteer teams that go out on the trail, often after dark, to bring these pooches home.
—Mindy Sink, Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2025
The Lancers received the opening kickoff, which was a pooch kick.
—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
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Noun
The pooch’s safe return is easy work for Daniel, but the following day, the stakes get higher after another guest goes missing during a boating excursion with his much younger wife.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
There’ll be about 2,500 pooches and more than twice that many people in the park on William and South 16th streets.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
These rescues sometimes involve hazards for the all-volunteer teams that go out on the trail, often after dark, to bring these pooches home.
—Mindy Sink, Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2025
The Lancers received the opening kickoff, which was a pooch kick.
—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pooch
Noun
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Fey also mocked Noem's infamous story about shooting a family dog.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
12 Oct. 2025
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Lake Worth police have remined public to not approach the dog involved, according to the social media post.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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With handbags seamlessly protruding from skirts, pantyhose covering stacks of massive bangles, doses of hot pink and big fur, the collection was made for social media consumption.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
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Lucas and Simone had been tasked with holding and then removing a protruding piece of a forklift metal prong impaled in a construction worker’s abdomen.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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My neighbors started poking their heads in the front door, too.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
14 Oct. 2025
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This bra has wide straps, side-smoothing panels, and an allover stretchy fit — sans wires poking you in the ribcage.—
Jeaneen Russell,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Coiling is a procedure used to block blood flow to the aneurysm, which is a weakened or bulging artery wall, John Hopkins Medicine explains.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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The amphibian slip-ons, crafted in glossy green rubber with bulging eyes perched across the vamp, were first introduced at JW Anderson’s fall 2023 menswear show in Milan.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Pooch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pooch. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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