Pooch

Definitions

1. A dog.
   slang
2. A bulge, an enlarged part.
   countable, informal
3. A dog of mixed breed; a mongrel.
4. The lower belly region; often in reference to the stubborn fat stored in the abdominal area.
   broadly, countable, informal, uncountable
5. A distended or swelled condition.
   countable, informal, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“My thoughts are disturbed by a man and pooch trying to get⟳ off the front of the train⟳. Despite hitting the door button, they refused to open⟳.”

“There's a pooch in the plastic where it got too hot.”

“See⟳ also: paunch”

“Her left sleeve has more pooch at the shoulder than the right.”

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