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pooch

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verb

chiefly dialect

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pooch
Noun
Luke’s bombs, which were planted while his wife was busy screwing the pooch, are already in place. Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2025 Memorial Day is notorious for travel delays, but on Monday a flight headed to Los Angeles made an emergency landing for a particularly peculiar cause — an ailing pooch in need of medical care. Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025 Jennie Garth will always remember her precious pooch Pearl. EW.com, 20 May 2025 The late actress Jayne Mansfield became a regular at the Cannes Film Festival in the 1950s and ‘60s, sometimes photographed on the Croisette with her husband, Mickey Hargitay, and on at least one occasion accompanied by her pet pooch. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for pooch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pooch
Noun
  • The couple was seen taking a stroll on a N.Y.C. street with Bosworth's dog, Happy, on Tuesday.
    Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Police brought in hundreds of law enforcement personnel with dogs, armored carriers, horses and helicopters that circled overhead.
    Maryclaire Dale, Marc Levy and Michael Rubinkam, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2023
Verb
  • The first-gen roam the mainland naked because of the idea that their clothes disintegrated long ago, and their appearances are characterized by veins that protrude from their body in revolting knots.
    EW.com, EW.com, 20 June 2025
  • After making sure the point is protruding slightly from one side of the bait, take the extra few seconds to remove scales all around the point.
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • Cunningham came to the defense of her teammate Clark, retaliating with less than a minute left on the clock after, earlier in the game, the Fever's superstar player was poked in the eye and then knocked to the ground by two separate Sun players.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
  • Then, during a play midway through the third quarter, Clark got poked in the eye by Sheldon and responded by giving the Sun star another shove.
    Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • If the surface bulges outward at that point, then the flow moves inward.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Photos posted online showed the snake arrived at a Virginia animal hospital with a bulging body.
    Simone Jasper, Miami Herald, 6 June 2025

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