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Pouting

/ˈpaʊtɪŋ/

To push out one's lips.

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verb
  1. 1

    To push out one's lips.

  2. 2

    To thrust itself outward; to be prominent.

  3. 3

    To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.

  4. 4

    To say while pouting.

    ""Don't you love me any more?" she pouted."

verb
  1. 1

    To shoot poults.

noun
  1. 1

    An expression or motion that pouts; a pout.

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WordDefinition
mouenounA pout, especially as expressing mock-annoyance or flirtatiousness.
sulkverb(intransitive) To express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.
mopverb(transitive) To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.
hornpoutnounSynonym of horned pout.
mowverb(transitive) To cut down grass or crops.
broodverb(transitive) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
eelpoutnounAny fish of the family Zoarcidae.
horned poutnounA catfish native to the eastern United States, the brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus.
ameiurus melasnouncatfish common in eastern united states
wry facenouna disdainful pouting grimace
sulkingnounThe act of one who sulks.
powtnounAlternative form of poult. [A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.).]
pulingnounA whining or whimpering.
puckerernounSomeone or something that puckers.
puckernounA fold or wrinkle.
trout poutnoun(slang, UK) The exaggerated, grotesque result of injection of excessive quantities of collagen into the lips in order to make them appear fuller.
mimpnounA pursing of the lips.
pulenounA plaintive melancholy whine.
puffingnounThe act of one who puffs.
moaningnounThe utterance of a moan.

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