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
Romany Bain
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 McRady, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
In footage shared with Newsweek by Ring, the super smart pooch can be seen quite literally knocking on the door with his paw, evidently keen to be let back into the house.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
The British multi-hyphenate, also a dog lover, is perfectly fine with sharing the lens and rewards the modeling pooch with proper scritches.
—Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 15 Apr. 2025
The pooch was initially passed off to the 1st Precinct and then brought to the East Harlem location of the Animal Care Centers of NYC.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2025
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Noun
No one will ever forget Valerie, the runaway pooch.
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
In footage shared with Newsweek by Ring, the super smart pooch can be seen quite literally knocking on the door with his paw, evidently keen to be let back into the house.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
The British multi-hyphenate, also a dog lover, is perfectly fine with sharing the lens and rewards the modeling pooch with proper scritches.
—Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 15 Apr. 2025
The pooch was initially passed off to the 1st Precinct and then brought to the East Harlem location of the Animal Care Centers of NYC.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pooch
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“Pooch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pooch. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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