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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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
Jennie Garth will always remember her precious pooch Pearl.
—EW.com, 20 May 2025
The late actress Jayne Mansfield became a regular at the Cannes Film Festival in the 1950s and ‘60s, sometimes photographed on the Croisette with her husband, Mickey Hargitay, and on at least one occasion accompanied by her pet pooch.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 19 May 2025
After giving the pooch a few goodbye pets, the officers brought it to the Humane Society for care.
—Kendall Malinchock, USA Today, 9 May 2025
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Noun
Memorial Day is notorious for travel delays, but on Monday a flight headed to Los Angeles made an emergency landing for a particularly peculiar cause — an ailing pooch in need of medical care.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
Jennie Garth will always remember her precious pooch Pearl.
—EW.com, 20 May 2025
The late actress Jayne Mansfield became a regular at the Cannes Film Festival in the 1950s and ‘60s, sometimes photographed on the Croisette with her husband, Mickey Hargitay, and on at least one occasion accompanied by her pet pooch.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 19 May 2025
After giving the pooch a few goodbye pets, the officers brought it to the Humane Society for care.
—Kendall Malinchock, USA Today, 9 May 2025
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“Pooch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pooch. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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