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Pout   /paʊt/   Listen
noun
Pout  n.  The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl.


Pout  n.  A sullen protrusion of the lips; a fit of sullenness. "Jack's in the pouts."


Pout  n.  (Zool.) The European whiting pout or bib.
Eel pout. (Zool.) See Eelpout.
Horn pout, or Horned pout. (Zool.) See Bullhead (b).


verb
Pout  v. i.  To shoot pouts. (Scot.)


Pout  v. i.  (past & past part. pouted; pres. part. pouting)  
1.
To thrust out the lips, as in sullenness or displeasure; hence, to look sullen. "Thou poutest upon thy fortune and thy love."
2.
To protrude. "Pouting lips."





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"Pout" Quotes from Famous Books



... introduce us!" she cried shrilly with a vermillion pout. "I've so much wanted to meet you, Mr. Lane. You wouldn't dine when I asked you! Won't some one ...
— The Education of Eric Lane • Stephen McKenna
... the case," I stammered out, "Of course you've had eleven." The maiden answered with a pout, "I ain't had ...
— The Home Book of Verse, Vol. 4 (of 4) • Various
... nose is rudimentary, rather, which doesn't prevent her having a mind of her own, though noses are said to have it all to say as to force of character. Her upper lip has the most fascinating little pout; her chin is full and emotional—but these are emotional times; and there is a beautiful finish about her throat and hands and wrists. She looks more dressed in a shirt-waist, in which she came down ...
— A Touch Of Sun And Other Stories • Mary Hallock Foote
... raptures of Siena's saint. Her tapering hand and rounded wrist Had facile power to form a fist; The warm, dark languish of her eyes Was never safe from wrath's surprise. Brows saintly calm and lips devout Knew every change of scowl and pout; And the sweet voice had notes more high And shrill for social battle-cry. Since then what old cathedral town Has missed her pilgrim staff and gown, What convent-gate has held its lock Against the challenge of her ...
— Elson Grammer School Literature, Book Four. • William H. Elson and Christine Keck
... long, were not bricks, but great beams and baulks of timber; the wheel of the wheelbarrow was the centre of many curious pieces of mechanism. He could see these things easily. So he sat down at his cupboard and forgot the lecture instantly; the pout disappeared from his lips as he plunged his hand into the ...
— Wood Magic - A Fable • Richard Jefferies


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