pout
/paʊt/
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Canada/pʌʊt/
pout verb: to push out one's lips; especially, to do so in a gesture of dismay, either serious or playful. Also the alternative form of poult.
Verb (1)
pout (third-person singular simple present pouts, present participle pouting, simple past and past participle pouted)
- To push out one's lips; especially, to do so in a gesture of dismay, either serious or playful.
- To thrust itself outward; to be prominent.
- To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
- To say while pouting.
- "Don't you love me any more?" she pouted.
Noun (1)
pout (plural pouts)
- One's facial expression when pouting.
- With a pout, Natasha counted the drops, and her eyelashes kept time.2008, Vladimir Nabokov, Natasha, written 1924, translated by Dmitri Nabokov
- A fit of sulking or sullenness.
Noun (2)
pout (plural pouts)
- Any of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead), the pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).
Verb (2)
pout (third-person singular simple present pouts, present participle pouting, simple past and past participle pouted)
- To shoot poults.
Also used as
pout is also the alternative form of poult.
pout meaning in Arabic, Malay, Indonesian and Vietnamese
pout in Arabic
- push out one’s lips
- بوّز bawwaza, بَرطَمَ barṭama
pout in Malay
- push out one’s lips
- mencebik
pout in Indonesian
- push out one’s lips
- manyun
pout in Vietnamese
- push out one’s lips
- bĩu, trề, chu, dẩu
Examples of pout in a sentence
- I am suddenly assaulted by the most heartrending puppy-dog eyes I've ever seen as Emi pouts.
- She opened the door to the sight of both boys, faces pouting.
- Certain people unjustly expect to receive special treatment and they'll whine and pout like children when disappointed.
Synonyms of pout
Forms of pout
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | pouts |
| present participle | pouting |
| past participle | pouted |
| past | pouted |
| Noun | |
| plural | pouts |
Origin of pout
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”)).
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”).
Words formed from pout
Words that rhyme with pout
42 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- set about
- shout
- sprout
- doubt
- umlaut
- fill out
- grout
- devout
- drought
- gout
- nowt
- redoubt
- throughout
- without
- ablaut
- dout
- flout
- lout
- mahout
- misdoubt
- mought
- prone out
- strout
- term out
- trout
- zoom out
- 'bout
- anlaut
- aspout
- asprout
- bluff out
- chout
- dought
- knout
- kraut
- layabout
- ne'er cast a clout till May be out
- owt
- peter out
- regrout
- sout
- when in doubt, do nowt
Questions about pout
- What does pout mean?
- Pout means to push out one's lips; especially, to do so in a gesture of dismay, either serious or playful.
- What is pout in Arabic?
- Pout in Arabic is بوّز (bawwaza), بَرطَمَ (barṭama). See Pout meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is pout?
- Pout can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce pout?
- Pout is pronounced /paʊt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of pout?
- The past tense of pout is pouted.
Words near pout in the dictionary
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