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pout 1
(pout)v. pout·ed, pout·ing, pouts
v.intr.
1. To exhibit displeasure or disappointment; sulk.
2. To protrude the lips in an expression of displeasure or sulkiness.
3. To project or protrude: The child's lips pouted.
v.tr.
1. To push out or protrude (the lips).
2. To utter or express with a pout.
n.
1. A protrusion of the lips, especially as an expression of sullen discontent.
2. often pouts A fit of petulant sulkiness: sat around in the house in a pout; had the pouts.
[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 having a large head, especially an eelpout or a bullhead.
[Middle English *poute, from Old English -pūte (as in ǣlepūte, eelpout).]
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pout
(paʊt)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 pillow]
ˈpoutingly adv
ˈpouty adj
pout
(paʊt)n, pl pout or pouts
1. (Animals) short for horned pout, eelpout
2. (Animals) any of various gadoid food fishes, esp the bib (also called whiting pout)
3. (Animals) any of certain other stout-bodied fishes
[Old English -pūte as in ǣlepūte eelpout; related to Dutch puit frog]
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pout1
(paʊt)v.i.
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.
v.t. 4. to protrude (the lips).
5. to utter with a pout.
n. 6. the act of pouting; protrusion of the lips.
7. a fit of sullenness: to be in a pout.
[1275–1325; Middle English; c. Swedish (dial.) puta to be inflated]
pout′ing•ly, adv.
pout2
(paʊt)n., pl. (esp. collectively) pout, (esp. for kinds or species) pouts.
a northern marine food fish, Trisopterus luscus.
[before 1000; Old English -pūta, in ǣlepūta eelpout (not recorded in Middle English); c. Dutch puit frog]
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pout
Past participle: pouted
Gerund: pouting
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| Noun | 1. |  pout - a disdainful grimace |
| 2. |  pout - marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seasblennioid, blennioid fish - elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins family Zoarcidae, Zoarcidae - eelpouts viviparous eelpout, Zoarces viviparus - an eelpout of northern Europe that is viviparous fish doctor, Gymnelis viridis - brightly colored scaleless Arctic eelpout Macrozoarces americanus, ocean pout - common along northeastern coast of North America | |
| 3. |  pout - catfish common in eastern United Statesbullhead catfish, bullhead - any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States | |
| Verb | 1. | pout - be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted" |
| 2. | pout - make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and mow"; "The girl pouted" grimace, make a face, pull a face - contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do" |
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pout
verb
1. sulk, glower, mope, look sullen, purse your lips, look petulant, pull a long face, lour or lower, make a moue, turn down the corners of your mouth He whined and pouted like a kid when he didn't get what he wanted.
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pout
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Translations
تَبْويز، مَط الشِّفَتَيْن
ohrnovat nosvýraz nelibosti
lave trutmund
mutristaa
ajakbiggyesztésbiggyeszt
fÿlusvipur, stútursetja fÿlustút á munninn
nepatenkinta veido išraiškapatempti lūpą
saboztiesuzmest lūpuuzmesta lūpa
ohrnúť nosvýraz nevôle
dudak şişirmedudaklarını şişirmeksomurtmasomurtmak
pout
[paʊt]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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pout
1n
(= facial expression) → Schmollmund m
vi
(with lips) → einen Schmollmund machen, einen Flunsch or eine Schnute ziehen (inf)
(= sulk) → schmollen
vt lips → schürzen; (sulkingly) → zu einem Schmollmund or Schmollen verziehen
pout
2n (= kind of cod) → Schellfisch m
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pout
(paut) verb (of a sulky child etc) to push the lips out as a sign of displeasure.
noun this expression of the face.
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