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[pout] 
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to thrust out the lips, esp. in displeasure or sullenness. |
| 2. | to look or be sullen. |
| 3. | to swell out or protrude, as lips. |
–verb (used with object)
| 4. | to protrude (the lips). |
| 5. | to utter with a pout. |
–noun
| 6. | the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips. |
| 7. | a fit of sullenness: to be in a pout. |
Origin:
1275–1325; ME pouten; c. Sw (dial.) puta to be inflated
1275–1325; ME pouten; c. Sw (dial.) puta to be inflated
Related forms:
poutful, adjective
pout⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
Synonyms:
1, 2. brood, mope, glower, scowl, sulk.
1, 2. brood, mope, glower, scowl, sulk.
pout
2 [pout] –noun, plural (especially collectively) pout, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) pouts.
) pout, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) pouts. | 1. | horned pout. |
| 2. | ocean pout. |
| 3. | a northern, marine food fish, Trisopterus luscus. |
Origin:
bef. 1000; OE -pūta, in ǣlepūta eelpout (not recorded in ME); c. D puit frog
bef. 1000; OE -pūta, in ǣlepūta eelpout (not recorded in ME); c. D puit frog
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| pout 1 (pout) v. pout·ed, pout·ing, pouts v. intr.
[Middle English pouten, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.] pout'i·ly adv., pout'y adj. |
| pout 2 (pout) n. pl. pout or pouts Any of various freshwater or marine fishes, especially an eelpout or hornpout. [Middle English *poute, from Old English -pūte (as in ǣlepūte, eelpout).] |
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Pout
Pout\ (p[=oo]t), n. [F. poulet. See Poult.] The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl. --Carew.Pout
Pout\ (p[=oo]t), v. i. To shoot pouts. [Scot.]Pout
Pout\ (pout), v. 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. --Shak. 2. To protrude. "Pouting lips." --Dryden.Pout
Pout\, n. A sullen protrusion of the lips; a fit of sullenness. "Jack's in the pouts." --J. & H. Smith.
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Language Translation for : pout
Spanish:
hacer pucheros, hacer un mohín,
German:
schmollen,
Japanese:
口をとがらす
pout (v.)
c.1325, perhaps from Scandinavian (cf. Swed. dial. puta "to be puffed out"), or Fris. (cf. E.Fris. püt "bag, swelling," Low Ger. puddig "swollen"), related via notion of "inflation" to O.E. ælepute "fish with inflated parts," and M.Du. puyt, Flem. puut "frog."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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pout
common fish of the cod family, Gadidae, found in the sea along European coastlines. The bib is a rather deep-bodied fish with a chin barbel, three close-set dorsal fins, and two close-set anal fins. It usually grows no longer than about 30 cm (12 inches) and is copper red with darker bars. Though abundant, it is not sought as food.
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