POUTS

Noun

pouts

plural of pout

Verb

pouts

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pout

Anagrams

• POTUS, USPTO, spout, stoup, tupos, upsot

Source: Wiktionary


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



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