pooch

[ pooch ]

noun

, Informal.

1. a dog.

pooch

/ puːtʃ /

noun

1. See dog
   a slang word for dog

Word History and Origins

Origin of pooch¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; origin uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of pooch¹

of unknown origin

Example Sentences

While support, size and comfort should be your priorities when it comes to selecting a bed for your dog, you can also think about how your pooch treats his stuff.

From Popular-Science

Just when the situation seemed like it couldn’t get much worse for Cruz — his statement about coming back Thursday, after all, had been misleading at best — a cute pooch entered the narrative.

From Washington Post

Captain Jérôme wanted his pooch to be able to be more comfortable while parachuting.

From Popular-Science

I’d wake to do my usual chores — monitor the dogs as they went outside, make pourover coffees and feed the pooches.

From Washington Post

Whenever your pooch does so, you’ll want to reward it, Mynchenberg says.

From Popular-Science

There's even a section for intentional cuisine for your pooch.

From The Daily Beast

Nobody wished the pooch ill, but it seemed almost too cruel that the dog had survived while Jake and Jessie had perished.

From The Daily Beast

Now comes Bert—household pooch of supermodel Lara Stone and her husband, David Walliams.

From The Daily Beast

At least by Chinese standards, moreover, transforming your pooch into a panda can eat up a lot of time and money.

From The Daily Beast

From Dollywood to the Wigwam Village Motel, the country never looked so sweet as through the eyes of a pooch.

From The Daily Beast

Some sort of a conference was going on in the room above the spot where the pooch had dropped my shoe.

From Project Gutenberg

Oh, Maister Dennis just read it and put it in his waistcoat pooch.

From Project Gutenberg

"Pooch pooch" is sometimes used in India, but "koor koor" is a more frequent word to dogs, cats, and domestic pets.

From Project Gutenberg

Jinnet's doon yonder at the Freemason's Bazaar wi' red-hot money in her pooch, and canna get awa' till it's done.

From Project Gutenberg

Jinnet tells me there's nae pooch in a woman's frock nooadays, because it wad spoil her sate on the bicycle.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• pup
• puppy