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pout

See also: Pout and pouť

English

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A child pouting

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English pouten, probably from Scandinavian (compare Norwegian pute (“pillow, cushion”), dial. Swedish 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 बुद्बुद (budbuda, “bubble”)).

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pout (third-person singular simple present pouts, present participle pouting, simple past and past participle pouted)

  1. (intransitive) To push out one's lips.
  2. (intransitive) To thrust itself outward; to be prominent.
  3. (intransitive) To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
  4. (transitive) To say while pouting.
    "Don't you love me any more?" she pouted.
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Noun

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pout (plural pouts)

  1. One's facial expression when pouting.
  2. A fit of sulking or sullenness.
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English *poute, from Old English *pūte as in ǣlepūta, ǣlepūte (“eelpout”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to swell”). Related to pout (“to push one's lip out”).

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pout (plural pouts)

  1. (rare) Any of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead), the pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).
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Noun

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pout (plural pouts)

  1. Alternative form of poult

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pout (third-person singular simple present pouts, present participle pouting, simple past and past participle pouted)

  1. (Scotland) To shoot poults.

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pout n

  1. genitive plural of pouto
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