POUT


Meaning of POUT in English

/ 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.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.