pout1
v.
push one's lips or bottom lip forward as an expression of sulky annoyance or to make oneself look sexually attractive.
n.
a pouting expression.
Derivative
- pouting adj.
- poutingly adv.
- pouty adj.
Etymology
ME: perh. from the base of Swed. dial. puta ‘be inflated’.
pout2
n.
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(also pouting)
another term for bib1 (in sense 2).
- North American term for eelpout.
Etymology
OE -pūta in ælepūta ‘eelpout’, perh. rel. to pout1.