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Webster 1913 Edition
Pout
Pout
(poōt)
, Noun.
[F.
poulet
. See Poult
.] The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl.
Carew.
Pout
(poōt)
, Verb.
I.
To shoot pouts.
[Scot.]
Pout
(pout)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pouted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pouting
.] [OE.
pouten
, of uncertain origin; cf. Prov. pot
lip, Prov. F. potte
, faire la potte
to pout, W. pwdu
to pout, be sullen, poten
, potten
, a paunch, belly.] 1.
To thrust out the lips, as in sullenness or displeasure; hence, to look sullen.
Thou
poutest
upon thy fortune and thy love. Shakespeare
2.
To protrude.
“Pouting lips.” Dryden.
Pout
,Noun.
A sullen protrusion of the lips; a fit of sullenness.
“Jack’s in the pouts.” J. & H. Smith.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pout
POUT
,Noun.
1.
A bird.2.
A fit of sullenness. [Colloquial.]POUT
, v.i.1.
To thrust out the lips, as in sullenness, contempt or displeasure; hence, to look sullen.2.
To shoot out; to be prominent; as pouting lips.Definition 2024
Pout
pout
pout
English
A woman pouting
Verb
pout (third-person singular simple present pouts, present participle pouting, simple past and past participle pouted)
- (intransitive) To push out one's lips.
- (intransitive) To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
- (transitive) To say while pouting.
Synonyms
Translations
push out one’s lips
|
sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
|
Noun
pout (plural pouts)
- One's facial expression when pouting.
- 2008, Vladimir Nabokov, Natasha, written 1924, translated by Dmitri Nabokov
- With a pout, Natasha counted the drops, and her eyelashes kept time.
- 2008, Vladimir Nabokov, Natasha, written 1924, translated by Dmitri Nabokov
- A fit of sulking or sullenness.
Derived terms
- pouting (n)
Translations
facial expression
See also
Etymology 2
From Old English pūte as in aelepūte (“eelpout”), from Indo-European root beu having a meaning associated with the notion "to swell".
Noun
pout (plural pouts)
- (rare) Shortened name of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead), the pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 3
Noun
pout (plural pouts)
- Alternative form of poult
Verb
pout (third-person singular simple present pouts, present participle pouting, simple past and past participle pouted)