POUTING

Etymology 1

Verb

pouting

present participle of pout

Noun

pouting (plural poutings)

An expression or motion that pouts; a pout.

Etymology 2

Noun

pouting

A fish in the cod family (Gadidae), Trisopterus luscus.

Synonyms

• (Trisopterus luscus): bib, bleg (Northeast England), pout whiting, pout

Source: Wiktionary


Pout"ing, n.

Definition: Childish sullenness.

POUT

Pout, n. Etym: [F. poulet. See Poult.]

Definition: The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl. Carew.

Pout, v. i.

Definition: To shoot pouts. [Scot.]

Pout, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Pouting.] Etym: [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.]

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, n.

Definition: A sullen protrusion of the lips; a fit of sullenness. "Jack's in the pouts." J. & H. Smith.

Pout, n. Etym: [Cf. Eelpout.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: The European whiting pout or bib. Eel pout. (Zoöl.) See Eelpout.

– Horn pout, or Horned pout. (Zoöl.) See Bullhead (b).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

27 January 2025

FISSILE

(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

coffee icon