pout


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pout1
verb push one's lips or bottom lip forward as an expression of sulky annoyance or to make oneself look sexually attractive. noun a pouting expression.
– derivatives
pouting adjective,
poutingly adverb,
pouty adjective.
– origin ME: perh. from the base of Swed. dial. puta ‘be inflated’.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pout2
noun
  • 1 (also pouting) another term for bib1 (sense 2).
  • 2 North American term for eelpout.
– origin OE -pūta in ǣlepūta ‘eelpout’, perh. rel. to pout1.
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