plural pooches
informal
: dog
a cute pooch
Before the abusive letters pour in …, may I state that I am very fond of dogs. Loyal, obedient, housetrained pooches are a pleasure to rub noses with.—
Romany Bain
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Phrases
screw the pooch
US slang
: to botch an activity or undertaking : screw up
He's a little cocky, but he's not about to screw the pooch.—Douglas M. Bailey
Douglas M. BaileySuch is life. Sometimes you score big, and sometimes you screw the pooch.—Greg Jerrett
Greg JerrettExamples of pooch in a Sentence
Noun
What a cute little pooch!
walking down the street with several pooches on leashes
Verb
his lower lip pooched out in disappointment
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Rachel Raposas, People.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Several users also debated the significance of the entirely CGI pooch to the plot of the movie, which sees Superman travel into a pocket dimension to retrieve the pet, who manages to help save the day more than once before the movie concludes.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2025
That appears to have been the case for Duke, a big, lovely pooch who arrived at Cincinnati Animal CARE on June 25, 2025.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
And an integrated rear rack is rated to haul up to 75 lb (34 kg) of shopping or gear (or pooch with the addition of an optional carrier).
—New Atlas, 12 July 2025
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Noun
Two dogs — Shih Tzu mix pooches Sky and Winter, both about 4 years old — are currently residing at Doggy Style Pets and need to be adopted together, per ACCT Philly.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Several users also debated the significance of the entirely CGI pooch to the plot of the movie, which sees Superman travel into a pocket dimension to retrieve the pet, who manages to help save the day more than once before the movie concludes.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2025
That appears to have been the case for Duke, a big, lovely pooch who arrived at Cincinnati Animal CARE on June 25, 2025.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
And an integrated rear rack is rated to haul up to 75 lb (34 kg) of shopping or gear (or pooch with the addition of an optional carrier).
—New Atlas, 12 July 2025
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“Pooch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pooch. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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