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pout | phut |

As a noun 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 .

As a verb pout

is to push out one's lips or pout can be (scotland) to shoot poults.

As an interjection phut is

a sound resembling the release of a blast of steam or exhaust.

pout

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) pouten, probably from Scandinavian (compare (etyl) ).

Noun

(en noun)
  • One's facial expression when pouting.
  • * 2008 , (Vladimir Nabokov), Natasha] , written 1924, translated by [[w:Dmitri Nabokov, Dmitri Nabokov]
    • With a pout , Natasha counted the drops, and her eyelashes kept time.
  • A fit of sulking or sullenness.
    • Derived terms
    * pouting (n)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To push out one's lips.
  • To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
  • To say while pouting.
    • Synonyms
    * moue

    See also

    * pucker

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , from Indo-European root beu having a meaning associated with the notion "to swell".

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) Shortened name of various fishes such as the hornpout () and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).
    • Derived terms
    * eelpout, eel-pout * hornpout

    See also

    * (wikipedia "pout")

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Scotland) To shoot poults.

    • Anagrams

    * *

    phut

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • A sound resembling the release of a blast of steam or exhaust.
  • * 1980 , Gillian Cooke, A Celebration of Christmas
    • Even an expensive cracker can go off with a phut , not a bang, and burst to reveal one paper hat, one tired motto and a piece of plastic jewellery.
  • * 2007 , Susan Gates, Beyond the Billboard
    • Then she heard the phut -phut-phut of an unfamiliar boat engine.