POUT DEFINITIONS - 14 definitions found
pout n 1: a disdainful grimace [syn: pout, moue, wry face] 2: marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas [syn: eelpout, pout] 3: catfish common in eastern United States [syn: horned pout, hornpout, pout, Ameiurus Melas] v 1: be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted" [syn: sulk, pout, brood] 2: make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and mow"; "The girl pouted" [syn: pout, mop, mow] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) pout I. verb Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. a. to show displeasure by thrusting out the lips or wearing a sullen expression b. sulk 2. protrude transitive verb to cause to protrude <pouted her lips> II. noun Date: 1591 1. a protrusion of the lips expressive of displeasure 2. plural a fit of pique III. noun (plural pout or pouts) Etymology: probably from Middle English *poute, a fish with a large head, from Old English -pūte; akin to Middle English pouten to pout Date: 1591 any of several large-headed fishes (as a bullhead or eelpout) Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary pout (pouts, pouting, pouted) If someone pouts, they stick out their lips, usually in order to show that they are annoyed or to make themselves sexually attractive. He whined and pouted when he did not get what he wanted. ...gorgeous pouting models. VERB: V, V-ing • Pout is also a noun. She shot me a reproachful pout. N-COUNT Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Pout \Pout\, n. A sullen protrusion of the lips; a fit of sullenness. ``Jack's in the pouts.'' --J. & H. Smith. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Pout \Pout\, n. [Cf. Eelpout.] (Zo["o]l.) The European whiting pout or bib. Eel pout. (Zo["o]l.) See Eelpout. Horn pout, or Horned pout. (Zo["o]l.) See Bullhead (b) . Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Pout \Pout\ (p[=oo]t), n. [F. poulet. See Poult.] The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl. --Carew. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Pout \Pout\ (p[=oo]t), v. i. To shoot pouts. [Scot.] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Bib \Bib\, n. [From Bib, v., because the bib receives the drink that the child slavers from the mouth.] 1. A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes. 2. (Zo["o]l.) An arctic fish ({Gadus luscus}), allied to the cod; -- called also pout and whiting pout. 3. A bibcock. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms pout I. n. 1. Whiting-pout, bib-pout (Morrhua lusca). 2. Catfish, horn-pout, horned-pout, bull-head (Pimelodus cattus). 3. Fit of sullenness, sulk. II. v. n. Look sullen (by protruding the lips), look black, show ill-temper. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) pout paut v. 1 mope, brood, sulk, make a moue, pull a long face, frown, lour or lower, knit one's brows: Don't pout - I'll buy you an ice-cream. --n. 2 frown, moue, long face: Her pout was occasioned by her father's scolding. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 57 Moby Thesaurus words for "pout": bag, balloon, beetle, belly, belly out, bilge, billow, bouge, brood, bug, bulge, dilate, distend, frown, gloom, glower, goggle, grimace, grump, jut, knit the brow, long face, look black, look sullen, lour, lower, make a face, make a lip, make a moue, make a mouth, mop, mop and mow, mope, moue, mouth, mow, mug, overhang, pet, poke, pooch, pop, pouch, project, protrude, pull a face, rictus, round out, scowl, snarl, stand out, stick out, sulk, swell, swell out, wry face, wry mouth |
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