Definitions for: Pout


[n] catfish common in eastern United States
[n] marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas
[n] a disdainful pouting grimace
[v] make a sad face; "mop and mow"
[v] be in a huff



Webster (1913) Definition: Pout (p[=oo]t), n. [F. poulet. See Poult.]
The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl. --Carew.


Pout (p[=oo]t), v. i.
To shoot pouts. [Scot.]


Pout (pout), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pouted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Pouting.] [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.

2. To protrude. ``Pouting lips.'' --Dryden.


Pout, n.
A sullen protrusion of the lips; a fit of sullenness.
``Jack's in the pouts.'' --J. & H. Smith.


Pout, n. [Cf. Eelpout.] (Zo["o]l.)
The European whiting pout or bib.

Eel pout. (Zo["o]l.) See Eelpout.

Horn pout, or Horned pout. (Zo["o]l.) See Bullhead
(b) .

Synonyms: Ameiurus Melas, brood, eelpout, horned pout, hornpout, mop, moue, mow, sulk, wry face

See Also: blennioid, blennioid fish, bullhead, face, family Zoarcidae, fish doctor, grimace, grimace, Gymnelis viridis, Macrozoarces americanus, make a face, ocean pout, pull a face, resent, viviparous eelpout, Zoarces viviparus, Zoarcidae

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