hornpout

American  

[hawrn-pout] / ˈhɔrnˌpaʊt /

noun

1. horned pout.

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Etymology

Origin of hornpout

By shortening

Example Sentences

I pictured the snowflaky, Grandma Moses villages, the reaches of swampland rattling with dried cattails, the ponds where frog and hornpout dreamed in a sheath of ice, and the shivering woods.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

A catfish is an exaggerated hornpout, or "bullhead."

From Down South or, Yacht Adventure in Florida by Optic, Oliver

Their agility is the more surprising when one remembers that the grown hornpout is but a sluggish chap and that they are not built on lines that presage swiftness.

From Old Plymouth Trails by Packard, Winthrop