pout
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A child pouting
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English pouten, probably from Scandinavian (compare Norwegian pute (“pillow, cushion”), dial. Swedish puta (“to be puffed out”), Danish pude (“pillow, cushion”)), from Proto-Germanic *pūto (“swollen”) (compare English eelpout, Dutch puit, Low German puddig (“inflated”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bu- (“to swell”) (compare Sanskrit बुद्बुद (budbuda, “bubble”)).
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 thrust itself outward; to be prominent.
- (intransitive) To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
- (transitive) To say while pouting.
- "Don't you love me any more?" she pouted.
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push out one’s lips
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sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
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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.
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facial expression
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Etymology 2
From Middle English *poute, from Old English *pūte as in ǣlepūta, ǣlepūte (“eelpout”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to swell”). Related to pout (“to push one's lip out”).
Noun
pout (plural pouts)
- (rare) Any of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead), the pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).
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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)
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Noun
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