Synonyms of pooched

pooched

verb

past tense of pooch, chiefly dialect

as in protruded

to extend outward beyond a usual point

his lower lip pooched out in disappointment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• protruded
• poked
• bulged
• swelled
• jutted
• stood out
• stuck out
• bunched
• ballooned
• projected
• beetled
• billowed
• pouted
• bellied
• started
• pouched
• overhung
• extended
• bagged
• distended
• stretched
• inflated
• lengthened
• dilated
• mushroomed
• domed
• expanded
• elongated
• snowballed
• blew up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• contracted
• compressed
• condensed
• shrank
• constricted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pooched

Small wonder that although the statue is expressive of Jordan’s signature, physically sprawling move, one leg is as stiff as a pharaoh’s, his feet are weirdly flat, his jersey is pooched as if a possum were wriggling inside it. — Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 30 Aug. 2025