Meaning of POUT
| Pronunciation: | | pawt
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- [n] catfish common in eastern United States
- [n] marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas
- [n] a disdainful pouting grimace
- [v] make a sad face; "mop and mow"
- [v] be in a huff
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| | Synonyms: | | Ameiurus Melas, brood, eelpout, horned pout, hornpout, mop, moue, mow, sulk, wry face |
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| | See Also: | | blennioid, blennioid fish, bullhead, face, family Zoarcidae, fish doctor, grimace, grimace, Gymnelis viridis, Macrozoarces americanus, make a face, ocean pout, pull a face, resent, viviparous eelpout, Zoarces viviparus, Zoarcidae | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Pout\ (p[=oo]t), n. [F. poulet. See {Poult}.]
The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl. --Carew.
\Pout\ (p[=oo]t), v. i.
To shoot pouts. [Scot.]
\Pout\ (pout), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pouted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Pouting}.] [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.]
1. To thrust out the lips, as in sullenness or displeasure;
hence, to look sullen.
Thou poutest upon thy fortune and thy love. --Shak.
2. To protrude. ``Pouting lips.'' --Dryden.
\Pout\, n.
A sullen protrusion of the lips; a fit of sullenness.
``Jack's in the pouts.'' --J. & H. Smith.
\Pout\, n. [Cf. {Eelpout}.] (Zo["o]l.)
The European whiting pout or bib.
{Eel pout}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Eelpout}.
{Horn pout}, or {Horned pout}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Bullhead}
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| | Related Terms: | | bag, balloon, beetle, belly, belly out, bilge, billow, bouge, brood, bug, bulge, dilate, distend, frown, gloom, glower, goggle, grimace, grump, jut, knit the brow, long face, look black, look sullen, lour, lower, make a face, make a lip, make a moue, make a mouth, mop, mop and mow, mope, moue, mouth, mow, mug, overhang, pet, poke, pooch, pop, pouch, project, protrude, pull a face, rictus, round out, scowl, snarl, stand out, stick out, sulk, swell, swell out, wry face, wry mouth |
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