pout

Meanings

Plural: pouts

Noun

a disdainful grimace
marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas
catfish common in eastern United States
One's facial expression when pouting.
A fit of sulking or sullenness.
Any of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead), the pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).
Alternative form of poult.

Verb

be in a huff and display one's displeasure
- "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"
make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip
- "The girl pouted"
To push out one's lips.
To thrust itself outward; to be prominent.
To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
To say while pouting.
To shoot poults.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English pouten, probably from Scandinavian (compare Norwegian pute (“pillow, cushion”), dial. Swedish puta (“to be puffed out”), Danish pude (“pillow, cushion”)), from Proto-Germanic *pūto (“swollen”) (compare English eelpout, Dutch puit, Low German puddig (“inflated”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bu- (“to swell”) (compare Sanskrit बुद्बुद (budbuda, “bubble”)).

Synonyms

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

Scrabble Score: 6

pout is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
pout is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pout is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

pout is a valid Words With Friends word