Etymology : Middle English pouche, from Middle French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English pocca bag
Pronunciation : pauch
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. pocket, sac; handbag, purse; baggy skin under the eye. put in a pouch, place in a pocket. pouch\pouch\ , n. [f. poche a pocket, pouch, bag; probably of teutonic origin. see:
poke a bag, and cf. poach to cook eggs, to plunder.].
2. a small bag; usually, a leathern bag; as, a pouch for money; a shot pouch; a mail pouch, etc.
3. that which is shaped like, or used as, a pouch; as: (a) a protuberant belly; a paunch; -- so called in ridicule. (b) (zo?l.) a sac or bag for carrying food or young; as, the cheek pouches of certain rodents, and the pouch of marsupials. (c) (med.) a cyst or sac containing fluid. sharp. (d) (bot.) a silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse. (e) a bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain, etc., from shifting.pouch mouth, a mouth with blubbered or swollen lips.pouch \pouch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. pouched ; p. pr. & vb. n. pouching.].
4. to put or take into a pouch.
5. to swallow; -- said of fowls.
6. to pout. [obs.].
7. to pocket; to put up with. [r.] w. scott.pouch n.
8. a small or medium size bag-like container for holding or carrying things.
9. an enclosed space [syn: sac, sack, pocket].
10. (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) [syn: pocket] v 1: put into a pouch 2: send by pouch 3: swell or protrude outwards; "his eyes bulged with surprise" [syn: bulge, protrude].
11. A small bag; usually, a leathern bag; as, a pouch for money; a shot pouch; a mail pouch, etc.
12. That which is shaped like, or used as, a pouch A protuberant belly; a paunch; so called in ridicule.
13. A sac or bag for carrying food or young; as, the cheek pouches of certain rodents, and the pouch of marsupials.
14. A cyst or sac containing fluid.
15. A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse.
16. A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain, etc., from shifting.
17. To put or take into a pouch.
18. To swallow; said of fowls.
19. To pout.
20. To pocket; to put up with. a small or medium size bag-like container for holding or carrying things saclike structure in any of various animals an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air" send by special mail that goes through diplomatic channels put into a small bag.
21. 1. A pouch is a flexible container like a small bag.
22. The pouch of an animal such as a kangaroo or a koala bear is the pocket of skin on its stomach in which its baby grows.