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語源 1

Of uncertain origin. One (unsubstantiated) conjecture is that the word comes from Putzi, a common German name given to lapdogs. The name Putzi is possibly formed from German Putz + -i, influenced by German putzig (“funny, cute, small”, adjective).

名詞

pooch (plural pooches)

1. (informal) A dog.

   She’s just been playing with the pooch ever since they got in the field.

   • 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 58:

     My thoughts are disturbed by a man and pooch trying to get off the front of the train. Despite hitting the door button, they refused to open.

   • 2026 January 17, Angela Barbuti, “Puppy Love: Couple with same dog breed met on apps and fell in love — and so did their pets”, in NY Post‎:

     The pup wasn’t only the same breed as her pooch, Piper, but the same color as well.

2. A dog of mixed breed; a mongrel.

派生語

• poochie
• screw the pooch

参照

語源 2

Probably related to pouch.

名詞

pooch (countable and uncountable, plural pooches) (informal)

1. (countable) A bulge, an enlarged part.

   There's a pooch in the plastic where it got too hot.

2. A distended or swelled condition.

   Her left sleeve has more pooch at the shoulder than the right.

3. (by extension) The lower belly region; often in reference to the stubborn fat stored in the abdominal area.

   See also: paunch

派生語

動詞

pooch (third-person singular simple present pooches, present participle pooching, simple past and past participle pooched) (informal)

1. (intransitive) To distend, to swell or extend beyond normal limits; usually used with out.

   Inflate that tire too much and the tube may pooch out of the cut in the sidewall.

   • 1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 21, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‎, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 124:

     There were rustling sounds from the tent and the sides pooched out as if they were trying to stand up.

派生語

アナグラム

• pocho