pooches 1 of 2

plural of pooch

pooches

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of pooch, chiefly dialect

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pooches
Noun
Along with her new addition, Hilton's pet pooches also include a teacup chihuahua is called Prince Tokyo Gizmo Hilton. Marissa G. Muller, PEOPLE, 19 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 They're known as man's best friends, fur babies, pooches. Juliana Kim, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pooches
Noun
  • The 2-year-old appears to have gotten out into the backyard and opened a kennel where two Rottweilers were being kept, allowing the dogs to get out and attack him, the Valdosta Police Department said in a statement.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The ‘dogs’ proved so popular, in fact, that the 1966 World Cup group game between France and Uruguay had to be moved across London to White City as Wembley’s owners refused to cancel its regular Friday night meeting.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Baleen is a specialized type of bone that protrudes from the jaws like teeth and is used to filter small critters from the ocean water to feed.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In a pair of promos shared to social media on Monday in support of her upcoming 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl (out Friday), the singer pokes some major fun at herself.
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The trailer for Season 6 of Solar Opposites, released today, pokes fun of the show’s imminent end.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There likely will be multiple eventual fusion winners, said Prakash Sharma, head of scenarios and technologies for the Wood Mackenzie energy research firm, which projects that global electricity demand will nearly double by 2050, requiring $18 trillion in new investments.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Vic Tafur projects all of Week 5 by picking against the spread.
    Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Dallas stands out as the premier host with its massive stadium capacity and significant match allocation, offering fans excellent value and experience.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • If the Mets make the playoffs, their defense stands out as a concern regarding their staying power.
    Will Sammon, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Pooches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pooches. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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