verb (used without object)
1.
to thrust out the lips, especially 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.
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noun
6.
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
7.
a fit of sullenness: to be in a pout.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English pouten; cognate with Swedish (dial.) puta to be inflated
1275–1325; Middle English pouten; cognate with Swedish (dial.) puta to be inflated
Related forms
pout·ful, adjective
pout·ing·ly, adverb
un·pout·ing, adjective
un·pout·ing·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1, 2. brood, mope, glower, scowl, sulk.
1, 2. brood, mope, glower, scowl, sulk.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
noun, plural ( especially collectively ) pout ( especially referring to two or more kinds or species ) pouts.
1.
2.
3.
a northern, marine food fish, Trisopterus luscus.
Origin:
before 1000; Old English -pūta, in ǣlepūta eelpout (not recorded in ME); cognate with Dutch puit frog
before 1000; Old English -pūta, in ǣlepūta eelpout (not recorded in ME); cognate with Dutch puit frog
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pout1 (paʊt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to thrust out (the lips), as when sullen, or (of the lips) to be thrust out |
| 2. | (intr) to swell out; protrude |
| 3. | (tr) to utter with a pout |
| —n | |
| 4. | (sometimes the pouts) a fit of sullenness |
| 5. | the act or state of pouting |
| [C14: of uncertain origin; compare Swedish dialect puta inflated, Danish pude | |
| 'poutingly1 | |
| —adv | |
| 'pouty1 | |
| —adj | |
| pout2 (paʊt) | |
| —n , pl pout, pouts | |
| 1. | horned pout short for eelpout |
| 2. | any of various gadoid food fishes, esp the bib (also called whiting pout) |
| 3. | any of certain other stout-bodied fishes |
| [Old English -pūte as in ǣlepūte eelpout; related to Dutch puit frog] | |
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Word Origin & History
pout
early 14c., perhaps from Scandinavian (cf. Swed. dial. puta "to be puffed out"), or Frisian (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."
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
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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Example sentences
Her expressions run the gamut from glower to pout, and her features give little indication of her character's inner state.
One, taken from a relative of the cod called the ocean pout, promotes the activity of the gene that encodes growth hormone.
In previous stops, he has been accused of selfishness, but he does not pout now.
Too often does he pout or grow indignant or pull a double-take.
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