pout
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Etymology 1 [edit]
Middle English pouten, probably from Scandinavian (compare Norwegian pute (“pillow, cushion”), Swedish dial. 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 bubble (budbuda)).
Noun [edit]
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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- pouting (n)
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Verb [edit]
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.
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Etymology 2 [edit]
From Old English pūte as in aelepūte, from Indo-European root beu having a meaning associated with the notion "to swell".
Noun [edit]
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).
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Etymology 3 [edit]
Noun [edit]
pout (plural pouts)
- Alternative form of poult.
Verb [edit]
pout (third-person singular simple present pouts, present participle pouting, simple past and past participle pouted)
