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Pout   /paʊt/   Listen
noun
Pout  n.  The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl.



Pout  n.  A sullen protrusion of the lips; a fit of sullenness. "Jack's in the pouts."



Pout  n.  (Zool.) The European whiting pout or bib.
Eel pout. (Zool.) See Eelpout.
Horn pout, or Horned pout. (Zool.) See Bullhead (b).



verb
Pout  v. i.  To shoot pouts. (Scot.)



Pout  v. i.  (past & past part. pouted; pres. part. pouting)  
1.
To thrust out the lips, as in sullenness or displeasure; hence, to look sullen. "Thou poutest upon thy fortune and thy love."
2.
To protrude. "Pouting lips."






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"Pout" Quotes from Famous Books



... greatest speed on his trip; his passengers were all burning with impatience lest they should be too late to acquire glory and prize-money—the prize-money at all events; the military stores on board were urgently required at Mooltan; and, worse than all, the lady began to pout! This was the climax of his misfortune; and the skipper, growing desperate, swore a mighty oath that if the obstinate little craft would not swim through the water, she should walk over the land, and ...
— Chambers' Edinburgh Journal - Volume XVII., No 423, New Series. February 7th, 1852 • Various

... the window known as Notre Dame de la belle Verriere, the figure, in blue, relieved against a mingled background of dead-leaf olive, brown, iris violet, plum-green; She gazed out with her sad and pensive pout—a pout very cleverly restored by a modern glass-painter; and Durtal remembered that people had come to pray to Her, as he now went to pray to the Virgin of the Pillar and Notre Dame de ...
— The Cathedral • Joris-Karl Huysmans

... pout of feigned disappointment, "I thought you had already accepted me as a member. And what am I to call my new overlord, who acquires wealth so successfully that he does not wish the amount mentioned, or the place from ...
— The Sword Maker • Robert Barr

... her I'd dare To brave the matrimonial ocean; She would not pout or fret, but wear A constant smile of ...
— Pipe and Pouch - The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry • Various

... a peevish little pout. "Then you're not very interesting," she seemed to say. But Neeld forgave her: she had asked him about Harry. He could forgive more easily because he had ...
— Tristram of Blent - An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House • Anthony Hope


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