pouched

American

[poucht] / paʊtʃt /

adjective

having a pouch, as the pelicans, gophers, and marsupials.

pouched British

/ paʊtʃt /

adjective

having a pouch or pouches

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Other Word Forms

unpouched

adjective

Etymology

Origin of pouched

First recorded in 1815–25; pouch + -ed ³

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pouched

He estimates roughly 85 CoreWeave employees have been pouched by OpenAI and Anthropic this year alone.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Brook pouched the sharp catch at second slip.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

African giant pouched rats are the largest rats in the world.

From NewsForKids.net ● Nov. 28, 2024

Pakistan captain Shan Masood was dropped twice, by Woakes off Gus Atkinson, then by Atkinson off Woakes, leaving Atkinson to find a leading edge that Zak Crawley pouched on the leg side.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2024

His fat, mottled cheeks were so pouched at the bottom that it was dif-ficult not to believe that he had little stores of food tucked away there.

From "1984" by George Orwell

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