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to pooch out

to pooch out

9.2
To round and push your lips forward like when you kiss
  • phrasal verb
  • /puːtʃ aʊt/
translation icon : hacer puchero
  • He made a silly expression by pooching out his cheeks, trying to make his friends laugh.

Examples

  • All pooched out and skintight!

    Fiction book (1990)

  • She pooched out her lower lip in a playful pout when she didn’t get her way.

  • His cheeks were pooched out and his eyes were wild, but he was alive and holding his breath.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Sometimes I’d see a pregnant woman, and I’d pooch out my own flat stomach.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Mama's big belly all pooched out like she'd swallowed one of Miss Gus-sie's melons.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The toddler pooched out his lips and made a funny face at the camera.

Synonyms

to pout
vsto pooch out
41 3.4

To push out your lips to show that you are annoyed or disappointed

shows the same lip push but indicates a kiss intent rather than displeasure
to pooch
vsto pooch out
1 9.9

To push your lips forward as if to kiss

specifies lips protruding outward rather than only pursing tightly

How Pursed

pout
10 4.2
to pooch out
9.2
to pucker
25 5.2
to bite one's lip
  • Informal
6.1

Surface Forms

pooch out infinitive
pooched out past
pooched out past participle
pooching out present participle
pooches out third person singular

Morphology

pooch + out

The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'pooch' (to protrude or pucker the lips) with the directional particle 'out' (outward), yielding 'protrude outward/pucker the lips.' This is a productive verb+particle construction in English and therefore an average B1 learner who knows the constituents should be able to infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Pooch out may come from the image of pooch, a little round bump, pushing out. When you pooch out your lips they push forward in a small rounded shape like a little pouch, so the phrase means 'to push the lips forward', often as if to kiss.