Pooch vs Mutt - What's the difference?
pooch | mutt |
(slang) A dog
A dog of mixed breed, a mongrel
A bulge, an enlarged part
A distended or swelled condition.
To distend, to swell or extend beyond normal limits; usually used with out.
A mongrel dog; a dog of mixed breed or uncertain origin.
(figuratively, sometimes, pejorative) A person of diverse ancestry.
(chiefly, US, slang) As a term of abuse: an idiot, a stupid person.
As nouns the difference between pooch and mutt
is that pooch is a dog while mutt is a mongrel dog; a dog of mixed breed or uncertain origin.As a verb pooch
is to distend, to swell or extend beyond normal limits; usually used with {{term|out|lang=en}}.pooch
English
Noun
(pooches)- "There's a pooch in the plastic where it got too hot."
- "Her left sleeve has more pooch at the shoulder than the right."
Verb
(es)- Inflate that tire too much and the tube may pooch out of the cut in the sidewall.