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Verb: pout  pawt
  1. Make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip
    "The girl pouted";
    - mop [archaic], mow [archaic]
     
  2. Remain in a state of gloomy displeasure or resentment
    "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted";
    - sulk, brood, grizzle [informal], stew [informal]
Noun: pout  pawt
  1. A disdainful grimace
    "The child gave a pout when told to eat vegetables";
    - moue, wry face
     
  2. [N. Amer] Marine eel-like mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas
    "Pouts are often caught as bycatch in commercial fishing operations";
    - eelpout
     
  3. [N. Amer] Catfish common in eastern United States
    "The horned pout thrived in the muddy pond";
    - horned pout, hornpout, Ameiurus nebulosus

Derived forms: pouted, pouts, pouting

Type of: blennioid, blennioid fish, bullhead, bullhead catfish, experience, face, feel, grimace, make a face, pull a face [informal]

Part of: family Zoarcidae, Zoarcidae

Encyclopedia: Pout, Senegal