different between looch vs pooch

English

Noun

looch (plural looches)

1. Alternative form of lohoch

Anagrams

• cholo, ochlo-

French

Alternative forms

• loch
• lok

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ?????? (la?q).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?k/

Noun

looch m (plural loochs)

1. A lohoch, a looch.

Further reading

• “looch” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu?t??/
• Rhymes: -u?t?

Etymology 1

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).

Noun

pooch (plural pooches)

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

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References

Etymology 2

Probably related to pouch.

Noun

pooch (plural pooches)

1. A bulge, an enlarged part

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

2. A distended or swelled condition.

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

Translations

Verb

pooch (third-person singular simple present pooches, present participle pooching, simple past and past participle pooched)

1. 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.

   • 1969, Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, 1971, Chapter 21, p. 124,^[1]

     There were rustling sounds from the tent and the sides pooched out as if they were trying to stand up.

Translations

Anagrams

• pocho