different between pooch vs mutt

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Etymology 1

Clipping of muttonhead.

Noun

mutt (plural mutts)

1. A mongrel dog (or sometimes cat); an animal of mixed breed or uncertain origin.

   Coordinate term: moggy
2. (usually derogatory or humourous) A person of mixed racial or ethnic ancestry.
3. (chiefly US, slang, derogatory) An idiot, a stupid person.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiot
4. (Internet slang, derogatory) A person from the United States, in reference to sense 2.

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Derived terms

• Amerimutt

Translations

See also

• bitsa, bitser
• cur
• Heinz 57
• mongrel
• Mutt and Jeff

Etymology 2

Noun

mutt (plural mutts)

1. Alternative form of matha

Estonian

Noun

mutt (genitive muti, partitive mutti)

1. mole (the animal)
2. (colloquial) hag, elder woman, old woman

Declension

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Northern Sami muottá, genitive and accusative singular of muoddá.

Alternative forms

• mudd (alternative form based on the nominative form of the Samic origin)

Noun

mutt m (definite singular mutten, indefinite plural muttar, definite plural muttane)

1. (clothing) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Etymology 2

Adjective

mutt (indefinite singular mutt, definite singular and plural mutte, comparative muttare, indefinite superlative muttast, definite superlative muttaste)

1. grumpy

References

• “mutt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.