pout

See also: Pout and pouť

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /paʊt/
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  • (Canada) IPA(key): /pʌʊt/
  • Rhymes: -aʊt

Etymology 1

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)).

Verb

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

pout (plural pouts)

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

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).

Noun

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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Etymology 3

Noun

pout (plural pouts)

  1. Alternative form of poult.

Verb

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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Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpou̯t]

Noun

pout n

  1. genitive plural of pouto