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”)).
Meanings
One's facial expression when pouting.
2008, Vladimir Nabokov, Natasha, written 1924, translated by Dmitri Nabokov
With a pout, Natasha counted the drops, and her eyelashes kept time.
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”)).
Meanings
(intransitive) To push out one's lips; especially, to do so in a gesture of dismay, either serious or playful.
(intransitive) To thrust itself outward; to be prominent.
(intransitive) To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
nl de lippen tuiten (push out one’s lips) · cmn 撅嘴 (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · wa fé s' lepe (push out one’s lips) · sk odúvať sa (push out one’s lips) · enm pouten (push out one’s lips) · ru наду́ться (push out one’s lips) · su murukusunu (push out one’s lips) · it mettere il broncio (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · ru наду́ть гу́бы (push out one’s lips) · de die Lippen schürzen (push out one’s lips) · ja 口を尖らす (push out one’s lips) · mi kō (push out one’s lips) · hu biggyeszt (push out one’s lips) · is setja upp fýlusvip (push out one’s lips) · mi kōkō (push out one’s lips) · de einen Schmollmund machen (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · mi tupere (push out one’s lips) · de schürzen (push out one’s lips) · ru ку́кситься (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · vi dẩu (push out one’s lips) · vi bĩu (push out one’s lips) · fr bouder (push out one’s lips) · fi murjottaa (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · cs špulit impf ústa (push out one’s lips) · fi mutristaa (push out one’s lips) · pt amuar (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · ga puisín a chur ort féin (push out one’s lips) · eo paŭti (push out one’s lips) · mnc ᠮᠣᠩᠨᡳᡠᡵᠣᠮᠪᡳ (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · cmn 噘 (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · is setja stút á munninn (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · tyz bủn pác (push out one’s lips) · izh mullissella (push out one’s lips) · fi jurottaa (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · mi whakamito (push out one’s lips) · pt fazer beiço (push out one’s lips) · mi weru (push out one’s lips) · sk mať odutú papuľu (push out one’s lips) · es hacer pucheros (push out one’s lips) · ja やさぐれる (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · mnc ᠮᠣᠩᠨᡳᡠᡵᠣᠮᠪᡳ (push out one’s lips) · id manyun (push out one’s lips) · bg цупя се (push out one’s lips) · fi tehdä pusuhuulet (push out one’s lips) · mi tāperu (push out one’s lips) · hu durcáskodik (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · is setja upp fýlusvip (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · ar بَرطَمَ (push out one’s lips) · su samutut (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · ru ду́ться (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · sh пућити усне (push out one’s lips) · sv pluta (push out one’s lips) · ms mencebik (push out one’s lips) · wa fé l' grosse lepe (push out one’s lips) · pl boczyć się (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · ca fer el petarrell (push out one’s lips) · sh duriti se (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · ru ду́ться (push out one’s lips) · vi chu (push out one’s lips) · is setja á sig stút (push out one’s lips) · it fare il broncio (push out one’s lips) · es pucherear (push out one’s lips) · fr bouder (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · da surmule (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · nl pruilen (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · fi mököttää (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · izh mullissella (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · su murukusunu (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · ja 唇を尖らす (push out one’s lips) · mi hō (push out one’s lips) · ja 拗ねる (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · ar بوّز (push out one’s lips) · hu fanyalog (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · is setja stút á munninn (push out one’s lips) · is setja á sig stút (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · su samutut (push out one’s lips) · bg муся се (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · hu duzzog (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · ca fer el bot (push out one’s lips) · de schmollen (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · sh pućiti usne (push out one’s lips) · es ponerse de morros (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · es hacer un mohín (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · fr faire la moue (push out one’s lips) · ru надува́ть гу́бы (push out one’s lips) · wa fé l' lepe (push out one’s lips) · vi trề (push out one’s lips) · nl pruilen (push out one’s lips) · sh дурити се (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) · cmn 撅嘴 (push out one’s lips)
From Middle English *poute, from Old English *pūte as in ǣlepūta, ǣlepūte (“eelpout”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to swell”). Related to pout (“to push one's lip out”).
Meanings
(rare) Any of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead), the pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).