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present participle of pouch
Synonyms & Antonyms of pouching
to extend outward beyond a usual point
- as he grew older, the skin on his neck pouched
Synonyms for pouching
- bagging,
- ballooning,
- beetling,
- bellying,
- billowing,
- bulging,
- bunching,
- jutting,
- overhanging,
- poking,
- pooching
- [chiefly dialect],
- pouting,
- projecting,
- protruding,
- standing out,
- starting,
- sticking out,
- swelling
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“Pouching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pouching. Accessed 25 Jan. 2022.
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