pooch, v. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

pooch v.

also pouch

[SE poke]

1. (Irish) to poke around, to laze about.

1925		L. O’Flaherty Informer n.p.: Then I began to pouch about makin’ ready to go to bed .
1986		(con. 1930s) P. O’Farrell Tell me, Sean O’Farrell 60: If she heard you had stopped working, she shouted: ‘If you go sweep, sweep but if you go pooch, come down’.
1997		Share Slanguage.

2. to seduce.

1984

Frank Zappa ‘Truck Driver Divorce’ 🎵 Some ugly lookin’ son-of-a-bitch / Is trying’ to pooch yer HOME-TOWN SWEETHEART!

pooch out (v.)

(US) to stick out, usu. a body part.

1991		Jackson Sun (TN) 25 Aug. 2C/1: ‘If you’d get some exercise, your stomach wouldn’t pooch out so bad’.
2001		S. King Dreamcatcher 62: He had a pretty good pot belly pooching out the front of his sweater.
2012		T. Robinson ‘Legendary [...] Ralphie O’Malley’ in Dirty Words [ebook] [H]er trembling lower lip was pooched out and bloodied.