how to pronounce pout

/ˈpaʊt/

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pout is pronounced in one syllable

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meanings of pout

verb:

To say while pouting.
To thrust itself outward; to be prominent.
To push out one's lips.
To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
To shoot poults.

noun:

A fit of sulking or sullenness.
Shortened name of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead), the pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and the eelpouts.
One's facial expression when pouting.
Alternative form of poult.

pout frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word pout occurs in english on average 1.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics pout can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that pout can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;