Paunch vs Pooch - What's the difference?
paunch | pooch |
The first stomach of a ruminant, the rumen.
The abdomen or belly of a human or animal, especially a large, protruding one.
(nautical) A paunch mat.
The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.
To remove the internal organs of a ruminant, such as a hare or rabbit prior to eating.
* 1610 , , act 3 scene 2
(slang) A dog
A dog of mixed breed, a mongrel
A bulge, an enlarged part
A distended or swelled condition.
To distend, to swell or extend beyond normal limits; usually used with out.
As nouns the difference between paunch and pooch
is that paunch is the first stomach of a ruminant, the rumen while pooch is (slang) a dog.As verbs the difference between paunch and pooch
is that paunch is to remove the internal organs of a ruminant, such as a hare or rabbit prior to eating while pooch is to distend, to swell or extend beyond normal limits; usually used with out.paunch
English
Noun
(es)Synonyms
* (protruding belly) See also .Verb
(es)- (Caliban)
- Why, as I told thee, 'tis a custom with him
- I' th' afternoon to sleep: there thou may'st brain him,
- Having first seiz'd his books; or with a log
- Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake,
- Or cut his wezand with thy knife
pooch
English
Noun
(pooches)- "There's a pooch in the plastic where it got too hot."
- "Her left sleeve has more pooch at the shoulder than the right."
Verb
(es)- Inflate that tire too much and the tube may pooch out of the cut in the sidewall.