POUT


Meaning of POUT in English

~ 1

■ verb push one's lips or bottom lip forward as an expression of petulant annoyance or in order to make oneself look sexually attractive.

■ noun a ~ing expression.

Derivatives

~ing adjective

~ingly adverb

~y adjective

Origin

ME: perh. from the base of Swed. dialect puta 'be inflated'.

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~ 2

■ noun

1》 (also ~ing ) another term for bib 1 (in sense 2).

2》 North American term for eel~ .

Origin

OE -pūta in lepūta 'eel~', perh. related to ~ 1 .

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