/ paʊt; NAmE / verb
if you pout , pout your lips or if your lips pout , you push out your lips, to show you are annoyed or to look sexually attractive :
[ v ]
He pouted angrily.
Her lips pouted invitingly.
[ vn ]
models pouting their lips for the camera
[also v speech ]
► pout noun :
Her lips were set in a pout of annoyance.
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English (as a verb): perhaps from the base of Swedish dialect puta be inflated.