pooch
Americannoun
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pooches
plural
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of pooch
First recorded in 1895–1900; origin uncertain
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At one point in the clip, the white pup gazes adoringly at the NFL star before hopping onto a couch to snuggle beside him while Kelce lovingly pets the pooch.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
The special pooch died in 2001 at 13.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
The successful pooch will replace the world-famous Bear, credited with saving over 100 koalas from bushfires during a decade of service.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Avoid using hotel elevators if you can because you never know who—or what other dog—will step in and upset your already travel-stressed pooch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
So many ways to screw the pooch, and just one staggeringly complex, scrupulously modeled, endlessly rehearsed, indefatigably tested way to succeed.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
Some 100,000 pooches call Paris home, and it is regarded as one of the world’s friendlier places for dogs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Five Los Angeles County pools will open to the area’s dogs, pooches and hounds Saturday in a special event marking the end of the pool season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The world's most famous dog show has kicked off and droves of pooches have begun to arrive.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026
They get all kinds, from well-to-do couples toting their toy pooches in the same designer bag as their medications, to criminally neglected unhoused people.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2026
The breeks pooches were foo o' nails an' strings, an' as muckle ither rubbish as you wudda gotten in Peattie Broon's, the pigman's, back shop.
From My Man Sandy by J. B. Salmond
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