v. & n.
v. 1 intr. a push the lips forward as an expression of displeasure or sulking. b (of the lips) be pushed forward. 2 tr. push (the lips) forward in pouting.
n. 1 such an action or expression. 2 (the pouts) a fit of sulking. pouter n. poutingly adv. pouty adj.
[ ME, perh. f. OE putian (unrecorded) be inflated: cf. POUT(2) ]