Meanings
pouting1
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of pout
nounpouting (plural poutings)
plural poutings
- An expression or motion that pouts; a pout.
The muscles about the mouth exhibited puckering movements and occasional pursings and poutings of the lips.
1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
pouting2
nounpouting (plural poutings or pouting)
plural poutings
- A fish in the cod family (Gadidae), Trisopterus luscus.
Synonyms: bib, bleg, pout whiting, pout
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
Catalan mòllera fosca, capellà
- mòllera foscafish, Trisopterus luscus
- capellàfish, Trisopterus luscus
- capellà foscfish, Trisopterus luscus
- fanecafish, Trisopterus luscus
- mòllerafish, Trisopterus luscus
Finnish partaturska
- partaturskafish, Trisopterus luscus
French tacaud commun
- tacaud communfish, Trisopterus luscus
German Franzosendorsch
- Franzosendorschfish, Trisopterus luscus
Irish cáitín
- cáitínfish, Trisopterus luscus
Norwegian Bokmål skjeggtorsk
- skjeggtorskfish, Trisopterus luscus
Portuguese faneca
- fanecafish, Trisopterus luscus
Russian францу́зская тресо́чка, лю́ска
- францу́зская тресо́чка (francúzskaja tresóčka)fish, Trisopterus luscus
- лю́ска (ljúska)fish, Trisopterus luscus
Spanish faneca
- fanecafish, Trisopterus luscus
Swedish skäggtorsk
- skäggtorskfish, Trisopterus luscus
Welsh còd llwyd
- còd llwydfish, Trisopterus luscus
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pouting
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APA
pouting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pouting
MLA
“pouting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pouting. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pouting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pouting.
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