as in dogs
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 protrudes
to extend outward beyond a usual point
his lower lip pooched out in disappointment
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Recent Examples of pooches
CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Westminster wins often go to pooches with professional handlers or owners with decades or even generations of experience behind them.
—Jennifer Peltz, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
Fans who came out to support the hometown team, and even rookie kicker Andy Borregales, joined in on the cause, while the head coach brought two pooches to the podium for his news conference.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 24 Jan. 2026
Sometimes pooches require overnight veterinary supervision.
—David L. Weimer, The Conversation, 23 Jan. 2026
Among the puppy players are 15 pooches with special needs, a record number for the Puppy Bowl field.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
And these pooches seem to have been well-traveled, even millennia ago; previous work by Frantz and collaborators suggests dogs living in North America before the arrival of European colonists originally came from Eurasia, as humans did.
—Veronique Greenwood, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
The Brevard County Sheriff's office decided to turn the stray into a therapy dog with its Paws and Stripes College, which often uses inmates to train the pooches.
—Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Nov. 2025
So with that in mind, here were the best performing pooches on late night this week.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
Westminster wins often go to pooches with professional handlers or owners with decades or even generations of experience behind them.
—CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Westminster wins often go to pooches with professional handlers or owners with decades or even generations of experience behind them.
—Jennifer Peltz, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
Fans who came out to support the hometown team, and even rookie kicker Andy Borregales, joined in on the cause, while the head coach brought two pooches to the podium for his news conference.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 24 Jan. 2026
Sometimes pooches require overnight veterinary supervision.
—David L. Weimer, The Conversation, 23 Jan. 2026
Among the puppy players are 15 pooches with special needs, a record number for the Puppy Bowl field.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
And these pooches seem to have been well-traveled, even millennia ago; previous work by Frantz and collaborators suggests dogs living in North America before the arrival of European colonists originally came from Eurasia, as humans did.
—Veronique Greenwood, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
The Brevard County Sheriff's office decided to turn the stray into a therapy dog with its Paws and Stripes College, which often uses inmates to train the pooches.
—Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Nov. 2025
So with that in mind, here were the best performing pooches on late night this week.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pooches
Noun
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And also, dogs would be used to flush out deer hiding in bushes or in steep terrain, to expose them to waiting sharpshooters.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
9 Mar. 2026
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Coyotes will attack small dogs, though attacks on medium and large dogs are uncommon, says Kohl.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
9 Mar. 2026
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The other two types are subserosal (which protrudes on the outside of the uterus) and intramural (which grow within the muscle layer).—
Beth Krietsch,
SELF,
2 Mar. 2026
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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
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Williams pokes a single into the right field gap for an RBI.—
Caleb Yum,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Mar. 2026
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One TikTok video with over 949,000 likes pokes fun at Kempczinski's review by using similar wording to judge other McDonald's items.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026
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According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), a brain aneurysm is a weakened area in an artery that bulges outward and fills with blood.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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So the numbers McKinney ISD submitted to the UIL are what the district projects the new boundaries will produce for each high school, shifting a portion of McKinney North’s student population to McKinney and McKinney Boyd, which submitted an enrollment of 2,675.—
Ishmael Johnson,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Mar. 2026
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McKinsey projects the market for general-purpose robots could reach $370 billion by 2040, while analysts at RBC Capital Markets have forecast a global total addressable market for humanoids of $9 trillion by 2050.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The Masters always stands out for its minimal sponsorships.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
8 Mar. 2026
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When leaves are gone, bark stands out.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Pooches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pooches. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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