pout

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/paʊt/ (UK)
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/paʊt/ (UK) · /pʌʊt/

Definition of pout

9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive)To push out one's lips.
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verb

  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.”
  5. (Scotland)To shoot poults.

noun

  1. One's facial expression when pouting.
    “2008, Vladimir Nabokov, Natasha, written 1924, translated by Dmitri Nabokov With a pout, Natasha counted the drops, and her eyelashes kept time.”
  2. A fit of sulking or sullenness.
  3. (rare)Any of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead), the pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).
  4. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of poult.

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Etymology

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”)).

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2-letter words

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