different between mooch vs pooch

English

Alternative forms

• mouch

Etymology

From Middle English moochen, mouchen (“to pretend poverty”), from Old French muchier, mucier, mucer (“to skulk, hide, conceal”), from Frankish *mukjan (“to hide, conceal oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *mukjan?, *m?k?n? (“to hide, ambush”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)m?g-, *(s)mewg?- (“swindler, thief”).

Cognate with Old High German m?hh?n (“to store, cache, plunder”), Middle High German muchen, mucken (“to hide, stash”), Middle English müchen, michen (“to rob, steal, pilfer”). More at mitch.

Alternate etymology derives mooch from Middle English mucchen (“to hoard, be stingy”, literally “to hide coins in one's nightcap”), from Middle English mucche (“nightcap”), from Middle Dutch mutse (“cap, nightcap”), from Medieval Latin almucia (“nightcap”), of unknown origin, possibly Arabic. More at mutch, amice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu?t?/

• Rhymes: -u?t?

Verb

mooch (third-person singular simple present mooches, present participle mooching, simple past and past participle mooched) (colloquial)

1. (Britain) To wander around aimlessly, often causing irritation to others.
2. To beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:scrounge
3. (transitive, chiefly Britain) To steal or filch.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:steal

Derived terms

• mooch off

Translations

Noun

mooch (plural mooches)

1. (Britain) An aimless stroll.

2. One who mooches; a moocher.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:scrounger

3. (US, slang) A unit of time comprising ten days, used to measure how long someone holds a job.

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Anagrams

• chomo, choom

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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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.

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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.

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Anagrams

• pocho