pout Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a disdainful grimace
    wry face; moue.
  2. noun marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas
    eelpout.
  3. noun catfish common in eastern United States
    horned pout; Ameiurus Melas; hornpout.
  4. verb be in a huff and display one's displeasure
    brood; sulk.
    • She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted
  5. verb make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip
    mop; mow.
    • mop and mow
    • The girl pouted

WordNet

Pout noun
Etymology
F. poulet. See Poult.
Definitions
  1. The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl. Carew.
Pout intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To shoot pouts. Scot.
Pout intransitive verb
Etymology
OE. pouten, of uncertain origin; cf. Prov. pot lip, Prov. F. potte, faire la potte to pout, W. pwdu to pout, be sullen, poten, potten, a paunch, belly.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Pouted; present participle & verbal noun Pouting
Definitions
  1. To thrust out the lips, as in sullenness or displeasure; hence, to look sullen.
    Thou poutest upon thy fortune and thy love. Shak.
Pout noun
Definitions
  1. A sullen protrusion of the lips; a fit of sullenness. "Jack's in the pouts." J. & H. Smith.
Pout noun
Etymology
Cf. Eelpout.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The European whiting pout or bib.

Webster 1913