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# pout

«pout» in Mova's school dictionary: **to push out the lips and look cross or sulky, often when…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (pouts, pouted, pouting); noun (pouts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To pout is to push out the lips and look cross or sulky, often when you do not get your own way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pout/#m1)

2) A pout is such a face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pout/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a child who sulks or sticks out the lips to show displeasure.

### examples

- «They always say the same thing,» her sister pouted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pout/#x1)
- «No, no!» pouted the boy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pout/#x2)
- The baby gave a little pout and turned away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pout/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pout» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pout/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.