pooch

¹pooch

verb \ˈpüch\

Definition of POOCH

chiefly dialect

: bulge

Examples of POOCH

1. <his lower lip pooched out in disappointment>

Origin of POOCH

alteration of ¹pouch

First Known Use: circa 1923

Related to POOCH

Synonyms: bag, balloon, beetle, belly, billow, bunch, jut, overhang, poke, bulge [chiefly dialect], pouch, pout, project, protrude, stand out, start, stick out, swell

Related Words: dome; blow up, inflate; dilate, distend, expand; mushroom, snowball; elongate, extend, lengthen, stretch

Near Antonyms: compress, condense, constrict, contract, shrink

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Rhymes with POOCH

brooch, hooch, mooch, smooch