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pout

UK/paʊt/ US/pʌʊt/ uncommon rare
noun (3) verb (2)

noun

1.

a disdainful pouting grimace

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2.

marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas

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3.

verb

1.

be in a huff and display one''s displeasure

  • “She is pouting because she didn”
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2.

make a sad face and thrust out one''s lower lip

  • “mop and mow”
  • “The girl pouted”
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Origin

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”)).

Phrases

  • ocean pout
  • trout pout
  • turkey pout

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