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pouting

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈpaʊtɪŋ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aʊtɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: P AW1 T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An expression or motion that pouts; a pout.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A fish in the cod family (Gadidae), Trisopterus luscus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of pout

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From pout + -ing.

See pout (Etymology 2)

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: fañeca — fish, Trisopterus luscus
  • Asturian: xodión — fish, Trisopterus luscus
  • Catalan: mòllera fosca — fish, Trisopterus luscus
  • Catalan: capellà — fish, Trisopterus luscus
  • Catalan: capellà fosc — fish, Trisopterus luscus
  • Catalan: faneca — fish, Trisopterus luscus
  • Catalan: mòllera — fish, Trisopterus luscus
  • Finnish: partaturska — fish, Trisopterus luscus
  • French: tacaud commun — fish, Trisopterus luscus
  • Galician: faneca — fish, Trisopterus luscus
  • German: Franzosendorsch — fish, Trisopterus luscus
  • Irish: cáitín — fish, Trisopterus luscus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skjeggtorsk — fish, Trisopterus luscus
  • Portuguese: faneca — fish, Trisopterus luscus
  • Russian: францу́зская тресо́чка (francúzskaja tresóčka) — fish, Trisopterus luscus
  • Russian: лю́ска (ljúska) — fish, Trisopterus luscus
  • Spanish: faneca — fish, Trisopterus luscus
  • Swedish: skäggtorsk — fish, Trisopterus luscus
  • Welsh: còd llwyd — fish, Trisopterus luscus