What does POUT mean?
Definitions for POUT
paʊtpout
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Princeton's WordNet
pout, moue, wry facenoun
a disdainful grimace
eelpout, poutnoun
marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas
horned pout, hornpout, pout, Ameiurus Melasverb
catfish common in eastern United States
sulk, pout, broodverb
be in a huff and display one's displeasure
"She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"
pout, mop, mowverb
make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip
"mop and mow"; "The girl pouted"
Wiktionary
poutverb
To shoot poults.
Etymology: pouten, probably from Scandinavian (compare pute 'pillow, cushion', dial. puta 'to be puffed out', pude 'pillow, cushion'), from pūto 'swollen' (compare eelpout, East Frisian püt 'bag, swelling', puit (puut) 'frog', Low German puddig 'inflated'), from bu- 'to swell' (compare Sanskrit 'bubble').
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Poutnoun
Of wild birds, Cornwall hath quail, wood-dove, heath-cock and pout. Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall.
To Poutverb
Etymology: bouter, Fr.
Like a misbehav’d and sullen wench,
Thou pout’st upon thy fortune and thy love. William Shakespeare.He had not din’d;
The veins unfill’d, our blood is cold; and then
We pout upon the morning, are unapt
To give or to forgive. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.I would advise my gentle readers, as they consult the good of their faces, to forbear frowning upon loyalists, and pouting at the government. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 8.
The nurse remained pouting, nor would she touch a bit during the whole dinner. Scriblerus Club .
The ends of the wound must come over one another, with a compress to press the lips equally down, which would otherwise become crude, and pout out with great lips. Richard Wiseman.
Satyrus was made up betwixt man and goat, with a human head, hooked nose and pouting lips. Dryden.
ChatGPT
pout
Pout refers to pushing one's lips or one's bottom lip forward as an expression of petulant annoyance or in order to make oneself look sexually attractive. It can also mean to sulk or to show dissatisfaction or displeasure over something.
Webster Dictionary
Poutnoun
the young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl
Poutverb
to shoot pouts
Poutverb
to thrust out the lips, as in sullenness or displeasure; hence, to look sullen
Poutverb
to protrude
Poutnoun
a sullen protrusion of the lips; a fit of sullenness
Poutnoun
the European whiting pout or bib
Etymology: [OE. pouten, of uncertain origin; cf. Prov. pot lip, Prov. F. potte, faire la potte to pout, W. pwdu to pout, be sullen, poten, potten, a paunch, belly.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Pout
powt, v.i. to push out the lips, in contempt or displeasure: to look sulky: to push out or be prominent.—n. a fit of sulkiness or ill-humour.—ns. Pout′er, one who pouts: a variety of pigeon, having its breast inflated; Pout′ing, childish sullenness.—adv. Pout′ingly, in a pouting or sullen manner. [Ety. dub.; cf. prov. Fr. pot, pout, lip, Fr. bouder, to pout; W. pwdu, pout.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of POUT in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of POUT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of POUT in a Sentence
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I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
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- Schmollmund, einen Schmollmund machen, schürzen, schmollenGerman
- hacer un mohín, mohín, ponerse de morrosSpanish
- mököttää, mökötys, mutristaa, nyrpistys, murjotus, mutristusFinnish
- bouder, moue, faire la moueFrench
- elhúzHungarian
- setja á sig stút, setja upp fýlusvip, fýlustútur, stútur, setja stút á munninn, fýlusvipurIcelandic
- broncio, mettere il broncioItalian
- 拗ねる, やさぐれる, ふくれっ面Japanese
- tāperu, tupere, whakamitoMāori
- tuiten, tuit, tuitmondje, pruilmondje, pruilenDutch
- pufRomanian
- [[недовольный, кукситься, надуться, [[надуть]] [[губа, [[надутый, дуться, [[надувать]] [[губаRussian
- duriti se, пућити усне, дурити се, pućiti usneSerbo-Croatian
- หน้ามุ่ยThai
- bĩu môiVietnamese
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