Pout vs Gout - What's the difference?
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One's facial expression when pouting.
* 2008 , (Vladimir Nabokov),
A fit of sulking or sullenness.
To push out one's lips.
To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
To say while pouting.
(rare) Shortened name of various fishes such as the hornpout () and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).
(pathology, not countable) An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.
(usually, followed by of) A spurt or splotch.
* , Macbeth , act 2, scene 1:
* 1981 , , Children of Men , ch. 20, page 137:
* 2002 , , The Shadow of the Lion ,
(rare) A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989)
As nouns the difference between pout and gout
is that pout is one's facial expression when pouting or pout can be (rare) shortened name of various fishes such as the hornpout () and the eelpouts (zoarcidae) or pout can be while gout is taste, flavour.As a verb pout
is to push out one's lips or pout can be (scotland) to shoot poults.pout
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) pouten, probably from Scandinavian (compare (etyl) ).Noun
(en noun)Natasha], written 1924, translated by [[w:Dmitri Nabokov, Dmitri Nabokov]
- With a pout , Natasha counted the drops, and her eyelashes kept time.
Derived terms
* pouting (n)Verb
(en verb)Synonyms
* moueSee also
* puckerEtymology 2
From (etyl) , from Indo-European root beu having a meaning associated with the notion "to swell".Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* eelpout, eel-pout * hornpoutSee also
* (wikipedia "pout")Etymology 3
Anagrams
* *gout
English
(wikipedia gout)Noun
(en noun)- I see thee still,
- And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood.
- [S]mall chunks of rubble and gouts of soot had fallen from the chimney, and were ground into the rug under his unwary feet.
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- Another blow sent gouts of blood flying, along with gobbets of flesh.