Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act or art of taking pouts (the fish).
- n. The act of protruding the lips petulantly; a pout.
- n. The act or art of taking pouts (the bird).
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of pout.
- n. An expression or motion that pouts; a pout.
- n. A fish in the cod family (Gadidae), Trisopterus luscus
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Childish sullenness.
Etymologies
- See pout (Etymology 2) (Wiktionary)
Examples
“She planted herself in front of Col, her whole body an expression of pouting indignation.”
“This is nowhere more marked than in relations with the US, where European policy swings between docile subservience and opportunistic pouting from the sidelines, forever falling short of the happy mean of assured self-confidence.”
“The walk out was nothing more than pouting from the Bush administration officials.”
Think Progress » Bush Delegation Stages “Walk Out” at Climate Talks
“He then psychologically distances himself from the project, not in the sense of 'pouting' - we are professionals after all - but in the sense of no longer having clarity on what he may decide.”
“I was the maker of the baby "baked" into cupcake, and was kind of pouting to my boyfriend that I didn't win, but it was so fun to make it really was ok and I got the nifty bookmark, too : My boyfriend was so cute - he suprised me with an oh-so-sweet cupcake key chain as my prize!”
“And as far as "pouting" is concerned... pouting and kids?”
“Chubby said, pouting, meaning there was nothing cool about it at all.”
“How many picture can we conjure up of a helmeted Tomlinson, dark glass and all, "pouting" on the sideline?”
“Please tell me the "pouting" and serious face is a joke, please.”
“Levi also says Palin was "pouting" after her failed vice presidential bid, and that she wanted to exchange her governor's seat for a book or TV career which would be "triple the money.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pouting’.
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fish list
lots and lots of fish, a piscatorial
wetdreamablet, agnathan, ahi, ahuru, ahuruhuru, albacore, albicore, alec, alewife, allice, allis, amberjack and 840 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11250 more...
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PECH - marine species
African cuttlefish, Alaska plaice, Alaska pollock, Alaska pollack, walleye pollock, alewife, gaspereau, river herring, sawbelly, allis shad, American angler, goosefish and 994 more...
Tweets
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dailyword Artie does this sometimes when Jim is about to do something he doesn't want him to do. Oct 29, 2012