单词 | pooch |
释义 | poochn. colloquial (originally U.S.) 1. A dog, esp. a mongrel. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] houndc897 dogOE cur?c1225 cur-dog?c1225 barker1393 tykec1400 bawtiec1536 bufe1567 cute1622 bow-wow1785 buffer1819 growler1822 purp1861 canine1863 ki-yi1884 dawg1898 wonk1900 mong1903 pooch1908 poochie1934 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > mongrel mongrelc1460 limer1538 potlicker1830 kuri1838 mutt1900 mong1903 pooch1908 goorie1937 1908 San Francisco Examiner 10 Dec. 9/5 I gotta have some kush and I gotta have it quick. How much for the pooch? 1913 Daily Commonwealth (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin) 1 Feb. 6/4 He used to take the pig out with him when he had finished his act and had him harnessed up like a trick pooch with a collar, shoulder straps and a leading string. 1924 B. Hecht Cutie vi. 46 All you do is sink your teeth in my shoulder and make noises like a basket full of hungry pooches. 1951 C. Armstrong Black-eyed Stranger (1952) iii. 27 It wasn't even my dog... But..I'd more or less met the pooch. 1962 Country Life 19 Apr. 895/1 The training of dogs, whether pedigree or pooch, has assumed considerable importance during the last 80 years. 1977 J. Wambaugh Black Marble (1978) v. 68 I got more invested in that pooch than you made in the last five years. 1993 Tatler July 68 Butler Tom Feehan was on pooch patrol ensuring that Josie and Minnie, the family Norfolk terriers..did not miss out on the ceremony. 2. attributive. American Football. Designating a short kick towards the opposition's linemen (rather than the designated receiver), intended to be difficult to handle; (also) designating a player who makes or specializes in such kicks. ΚΠ 1978 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 15 Nov. 14/8 Ever hear of a ‘pooch’ kick? 1991 Seattle Times 24 Nov. c4/2 While Roby can boom the ball, he also has improved as a pooch kicker. 2002 R. Rubin Confederacy of Silence xvii. 276 I played in eight or nine games, mostly as a short punter... I did what they call a ‘pooch punt’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). poochv.1 Originally English regional. Now U.S. regional. 1. transitive. Frequently with out. To pout or purse (the lips). In early use also intransitive. ΚΠ 1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) ii. 11 Whan tha com'st to good Tackling,—thee wut poochee. 1837 in J. F. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. iii. 18 Hog pooched out es moth, and look't glum, an didn't know what to zay. 1896 G. F. Northall Warwickshire Word-bk. 180 Don't pooch your mouth at me like that. 1902 H. F. Day Pine Tree Ballads 136 His mouth is pooched and solemn and he'll never squeeze a smile. 1940 Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 6 May 4/5 His old lips were pooched out rather pugnaciously. 1995 A. Tyler Ladder of Years xv. 218 She listened, pooching her lips and frowning. 2. intransitive. With out. To bulge or swell; to stick out. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > be or become protuberant [verb (intransitive)] struta1300 bouge1398 embossc1430 bagc1440 bossc1449 bunch1495 bump1566 boin1567 protuberate1578 pagglea1592 bulch1611 extuberate1623 belly1627 heave1629 bulge1679 swell1679 bud1684 pod1806 bilge1849–52 sag1853 knucklec1862 poocha1903 a1903 E. H. Goddard in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 577/1 [Wiltshire] Look at his pocket how 'tis pooching out. 1958 V. Randolph Sticks in Knapsack 31 It looked like the fellow's wife was in the family way, but she pooched out faster than a natural baby ought to strut a woman. 2001 New Yorker 14 May 58/2 The diaper made the khakis pooch out a little, but it wasn't something you noticed. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). poochv.2 American Football. transitive. To kick (a ball) a short distance towards the opposition's linemen rather than the designated receiver; to make a pooch kick. Also intransitive. Cf. pooch n. 2. ΚΠ 1983 Washington Post 14 Nov. c1/2 They had the left-footed guy, George Roberts, at the time and he pooched one just beyond the 10 yards you need. 1987 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) (Nexis) 20 Nov. d5 Gansz ordered a ‘pooch’ kick, which is a short kick punched just over the front line of the receiving team. He pooched, the Jets returned the ball to the 37, and an angry Gansz gave Lowery and Beckman an earful. 1994 Boston Globe 5 Dec. 32 The team's long-distance field goal kicker and punter..would pooch a high, soft punt, trying to get the ball to and inside the 5-yard line. 2000 Commerc. Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) 22 Sept. d1 Have you seen the way my punter pooches the ball inside the 20, gives the defense a fighting chance? This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1908v.11746v.21983 |
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