Pout

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /paÊŠt/
• Rhymes: -aÊŠt

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 (budbuda, "bubble")).

Full definition of pout

Noun

1. One's facial expression when pouting.
• 2008, Vladimir Nabokov, Natasha, written 1924, translated by Dmitri NabokovWith a pout, Natasha counted the drops, and her eyelashes kept time.
2. A fit of sulking or sullenness.

Derived terms

• pouting (n)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To push out one's lips.
2. (intransitive) To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
3. (transitive) To say while pouting.

Synonyms

• moue

From Old English pūte as in aelepūte (""), from Indo-European root beu having a meaning associated with the notion "to swell".

Noun

1. (rare) Shortened name of various fishes such as the hornpout (, the brown bullhead), the pouting () and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).

Derived terms

• eelpout, eel-pout
• hornpout

Noun

1. Alternative form of poult

Verb

1. (Scotland) To shoot poults.

Anagrams

• tupo
• up to