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Looch vs Pooch - What's the difference?

looch | pooch |

As nouns the difference between looch and pooch

is that looch is a medicine taken by licking; a lambative while pooch is (slang) a dog.

As a verb pooch is

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

looch

English

Alternative forms

* loch

Noun

(es)
  • A medicine taken by licking; a lambative.
    • (Webster 1913)

    pooch

    English

    Noun

    (pooches)
  • (slang) A dog
  • A dog of mixed breed, a mongrel
  • A bulge, an enlarged part
    • "There's a pooch in the plastic where it got too hot."
  • A distended or swelled condition.
    • "Her left sleeve has more pooch at the shoulder than the right."

    Verb

    (es)
  • 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.

    Derived terms

    * poocher