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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



... eyes intensely blue and deeply set beneath a heavy brow; his nose was prominent and aquiline; his mouth, the great feature of his face, was Grecian in mould, with flexible lips, which, while in repose, seemed to pout. His rabid opposition to those engaged in the Yazoo frauds, and his hatred for those who defended it, made him extremely obnoxious to them, and prompted Dooly to say: "Nature had formed his mouth expressly to say, 'Yazoo.'" Its play, when speaking, was tremulous, with a nervous twitching, which ...
— The Memories of Fifty Years • William H. Sparks

... pout of feigned disappointment, "I thought you had already accepted me as a member. And what am I to call my new overlord, who acquires wealth so successfully that he does not wish the amount mentioned, or the place from which it ...
— The Sword Maker • Robert Barr

... nestled between her delicately arched brows. A look of misgiving clouded her wide eyes of a wondering child. The bow of an exquisitely modelled mouth, whose single fault lay in its being perhaps a trace too wide, described a shadowy pout. ...
— Red Masquerade • Louis Joseph Vance

... you, Helen Grey, Is that a reason you should pout, And like a March wind veer about, And frown, and say your shrewish say? Don't strain the cord until it snaps, Don't split the sound heart with your wedge, Don't cut your fingers with the edge Of your keen wit; you ...
— Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems • Christina Rossetti

... seal Love's dimpling finger hath impress'd, Denotes how soft that chin which bears his touch, Her lips whose kisses pout to leave their nest, Bid man be valiant ere he merit such; Her glance how wildly beautiful—how much Hath Phoebus woo'd in vain to spoil her cheek, Which grows yet smoother from his amorous clutch, Who round the north for paler dames would seek? How poor their forms ...
— A Love Story • A Bushman


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