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Pooch vs Poochy - What's the difference?

pooch | poochy |

As a noun pooch

is a dog.

As a verb pooch

is to distend, to swell or extend beyond normal limits; usually used with {{term|out|lang=en}}.

As an adjective poochy is

bulging outward.

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

    poochy

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) Bulging outward.
    • Most of the men were balding and had poochy beer bellies.