the pouts

Variant of pout

intransitive verb

  1. to thrust out the lips as in sullenness or displeasure
  2. to sulk
  3. to protrude: said of the lips

Origin: ME pouten, ult. < IE base *bu-, to swell

transitive verb

to thrust out (the lips)

noun

  1. the act of pouting
  2. a fit of sulking
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