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BNC: 16111 COCA: 17350

pout

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
pout /ˈpaʊt/ verb
pouts; pouted; pouting
pout
/ˈpaʊt/
verb
pouts; pouted; pouting
Learner's definition of POUT
: to push out your lips to show that you are angry or annoyed or to look sexually attractive(生气、恼怒或性感地)噘嘴
[+ object]
[no object]
[no object] chiefly US : to refuse to talk to people because you are angry or annoyed about something生闷气

— pout

noun, plural pouts [count]

— pouted

adjective

— pouty

/ˈpaʊti/ adjective poutier; poutiest
BNC: 16111 COCA: 17350

pout

1 of 3

verb

pouted; pouting; pouts

intransitive verb

1
a
: to show displeasure by thrusting out the lips or wearing a sullen expression
a pouting child
Sure, you have sports figures misbehaving today. John McEnroe pouts and snarls and curses at tennis judges twice his age, on television … Roy Blount Jr.
b
: to push out or purse the lips in a sexually suggestive way
a pouting model
… appears in adverts surrounded by gorgeous, pouting blondes. The Economist
c
: to be moodily silent : sulk
If they invited her out, she declined the invitation. When they went out, she would be pouting when they came home. Susan Sheehan
2

transitive verb

: to cause to protrude
pouted her lips

pout

2 of 3

noun (1)

1
: a protrusion of the lips expressive of displeasure
2
pouts plural : a fit of pique

pout

3 of 3

noun (2)

plural pout or pouts
: any of several large-headed fishes (such as a bullhead or eelpout)

Example Sentences

Verb She pouted her lips and stared at him angrily. The boy didn't want to leave—he stomped his feet and pouted. The model pouted for the cameras. Her lips pouted, and she began to cry.

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English

Noun (2)

probably from Middle English *poute, a fish with a large head, from Old English -pūte; akin to Middle English pouten to pout

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a

Noun (1)

1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1591, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pout was in the 14th century
BNC: 16111 COCA: 17350
pout

verb

ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERBslightly輕輕噘嘴cutely, playfully, prettily (all especially NAmE) 迷人地/頑皮地/嬌滴滴地噘起嘴PREPOSITIONat對⋯噘嘴She pouted prettily at him.她衝他噘着嘴,樣子很可愛。

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