pout

¹pout

verb \ˈpau̇t\

Definition of POUT

intransitive verb

1

a : to show displeasure by thrusting out the lips or wearing a sullen expression

b : sulk

2

: protrude

transitive verb

: to cause to protrude <pouted her lips>

Examples of POUT

1. She pouted her lips and stared at him angrily.
2. The boy didn't want to leave—he stomped his feet and pouted.
3. The model pouted for the cameras.
4. Her lips pouted, and she began to cry.

Origin of POUT

Middle English

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to POUT

Synonyms

bag, balloon, beetle, belly, billow, bunch, jut, overhang, poke, pooch [chiefly dialect], pouch, bulge, project, protrude, stand out, start, stick out, swell

Related Words

dome; blow up, inflate; dilate, distend, expand; mushroom, snowball; elongate, extend, lengthen, stretch

Near Antonyms

compress, condense, constrict, contract, shrink

Rhymes with POUT

bout, clout, doubt, drought, flout, glout, gout, grout, knout, kraut, lout, out, rout, route, scout, shout, snout, spout, sprout, stout, tout, trout

²pout

noun

Definition of POUT

1

: a protrusion of the lips expressive of displeasure

2

plural : a fit of pique

First Known Use of POUT

1591

³pout

noun

plural pout or pouts

Definition of POUT

: any of several large-headed fishes (as a bullhead or eelpout)

Origin of POUT

probably from Middle English *poute, a fish with a large head, from Old English -pūte; akin to Middle English pouten to pout

First Known Use: 1591

Other Fishes Terms

char, chum, ichthyology, smelt, tetra, turbot