pooch

Significado (inglés)

Noun

1. (slang) A dog.
2. A dog of mixed breed; a mongrel.

Verb

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

Sinónimos

dog

🐕

pooch out

barker

bow-wow

doggie

doggy

hound

bowwow

tike

feist

idiom

mutt

patois

prim

purse

👛

tyke

cur

dialect

canine

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/puːt͡ʃ/

Etimoloxía (inglés)

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).