Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of protruding the lips petulantly; a pout.
  • noun The act or art of taking pouts (the bird).
  • noun The act or art of taking pouts (the fish).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Childish sullenness.

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  • noun A fish in the cod family (Gadidae), Trisopterus luscus
  • verb Present participle of pout.
  • noun An expression or motion that pouts; a pout.

Etymologies

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See pout (Etymology 2)

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See pout (verb)

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Examples

  • She planted herself in front of Col, her whole body an expression of pouting indignation.

    Worldshaker Richard Harland 2009

  • She planted herself in front of Col, her whole body an expression of pouting indignation.

    Worldshaker Richard Harland 2009

  • This is nowhere more marked than in relations with the US, where European policy swings between docile subservience and opportunistic pouting from the sidelines, forever falling short of the happy mean of assured self-confidence.

    That famous European diplomacy Helen 2006

  • The walk out was nothing more than pouting from the Bush administration officials.

    Think Progress » Bush Delegation Stages “Walk Out” at Climate Talks 2005

  • He then psychologically distances himself from the project, not in the sense of 'pouting' - we are professionals after all - but in the sense of no longer having clarity on what he may decide.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Harvey Schachter 2011

  • I was the maker of the baby "baked" into cupcake, and was kind of pouting to my boyfriend that I didn't win, but it was so fun to make it really was ok and I got the nifty bookmark, too : My boyfriend was so cute - he suprised me with an oh-so-sweet cupcake key chain as my prize!

    About Last Night... 2009

  • And as far as "pouting" is concerned... pouting and kids?

    Archive 2006-06-01 Ann Althouse 2006

  • Chubby said, pouting, meaning there was nothing cool about it at all.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

  • Chubby said, pouting, meaning there was nothing cool about it at all.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

  • How many picture can we conjure up of a helmeted Tomlinson, dark glass and all, "pouting" on the sideline?

    Pats Pulpit MaPatsFan 2010

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  • Artie does this sometimes when Jim is about to do something he doesn't want him to do.

    October 29, 2012

  • The fishing and the fish are the same word.

    December 6, 2023