pout 1
— poutful , adj. — poutingly , adv.
/powt/ , v.i.
1. to thrust out the lips, esp. in displeasure or sullenness.
2. to look or be sullen.
3. to swell out or protrude, as lips.
v.t.
4. to protrude (the lips).
5. to utter with a pout.
n.
6. the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
7. a fit of sullenness: to be in a pout.
[ 1275-1325; ME pouten; c. Sw (dial.) puta to be inflated ]
Syn. 1, 2. brood, mope, glower, scowl, sulk.
pout 2
/powt/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) pout , ( esp. referring to two or more kinds or species ) pouts .
1. See horned pout .
2. See ocean pout .
3. a northern, marine food fish, Trisopterus luscus.
[ bef. 1000; OE -puta, in aeleputa eelpout (not recorded in ME); c. D puit frog ]