About The Word Pout
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Pout
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What's The Definition Of Pout?
[n] catfish common in eastern United States
[n] marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas [n] a disdainful pouting grimace [v] make a sad face; "mop and mow" [v] be in a huff Synonyms | Synonyms for Pout: Ameiurus Melas | brood | eelpout | horned pout | hornpout | mop | moue | mow | sulk | wry face Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 See Also | blennioid | blennioid fish | bullhead | face | family Zoarcidae | fish doctor | grimace | grimace | Gymnelis viridis | Macrozoarces americanus | make a face | ocean pout | pull a face | resent | viviparous eelpout | Zoarces viviparus | Zoarcidae Pout In Webster's Dictionary \Pout\ (p[=oo]t), n. [F. poulet. See {Poult}.]
The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl. --Carew.
\Pout\ (p[=oo]t), v. i. To shoot pouts. [Scot.] \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. \Pout\, n. A sullen protrusion of the lips; a fit of sullenness. ``Jack's in the pouts.'' --J. & H. Smith. \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) . |
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