Definition of do the pooch

do the pooch

verb

• be lazy.
  • See more words with the same meaning: a lazy person.

  Last edited on Jan 18 2005. Submitted by john on Jan 18 2005.

• to not do one's job; "fuck the dog". From the construction business.

  Last edited on Apr 25 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 30 2012.

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Other terms relating to 'a lazy person':
bludger	Definitions include: a lazy person.
lazy dog	Definitions include: a lazy person.
loaf around	Definitions include: to be lazy.
rest and vest	Definitions include: at a place of employment, to do little work while waiting for one's stock options to vest.
piker	Definitions include: a lazy person.
almy	Definitions include: excessively fat or lazy.
couch potato	Definitions include: a lazy person, especially someone who spends a extended period of time on a couch while watching television.
slackass	Definitions include: a lazy person.
drainer	Definitions include: a person who is a total slacker, or completely lazy.
loaf	Definitions include: to rest.
hump	Definitions include: a lazy or worthless person.
bum	Definitions include: to be sad.
slack-jaw	Definitions include: a moron or lazy person, typically residing in a rural area; "bumpkin".
dosser	Definitions include: a lazy person - i.e. one who dosses.
bum around	Definitions include: to be lazy.
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Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'do':
can do	Definitions include: a hard worker.
d*ck-do	Definitions include: when your belly sticks out further then your dick do
DILLIGAS	Definitions include: acronym for "do I look like I give a shit."
DIY	Definitions include: acronym for "Do It Yourself."
DMIID	Definitions include: acronym for "don't mind if I do".
DND	Definitions include: acronym for "do not disturb".
do	Definitions include: to have sex with.
do a Bradbury	Definitions include: to achieve something by accident.
do a brodie	Definitions include: to perform any kind of stunt.
do a job on	Definitions include: to mistreat.
do a line	Definitions include: to inhale a line of cocaine.
do a number on	Definitions include: to do a poor job.
do a poo	Definitions include: to defecate.
do a solid	Definitions include: to do a solid (a favor).
do a thing with someone	Definitions include: to be linking a person.
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Other terms relating to 'pooch':
pooch	Definitions include: to screw something up rather badly.
pooched	Definitions include: wretched, destroyed, messed up.
screw the pooch	Definitions include: to make an irreparable (possibly tragic) mistake.
Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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