n.
- a small flexible bag.
▸a lockable bag for mail or dispatches.
- a pocket-like abdominal receptacle in which marsupials carry their young during lactation.
- any of a number of similar animal structures, such as those in the cheeks of rodents.
▸a baggy area of skin underneath a person's eye.
v.
- put into a pouch.
- informal take possession of.
- Cricket catch (the ball).
- make or form into a pouch.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from Old North. Fr. pouche, var. of OFr. poche ‘bag’.