pouter

[ pou-ter ]

/ ˈpaʊ tər /

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noun

a person who pouts.

one of a breed of long-legged domestic pigeons, characterized by the habit of puffing out the distensible crop.

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Origin of pouter

First recorded in 1715–25; pout¹ + -er¹

Words nearby pouter

pousse-café, poussette, Poussin, pou sto, pout, pouter, poutine, pouty, POV, poverty, poverty level

How to use pouter in a sentence

Its neck is ample and bloated, and when distended in excitement reminds one of a pouter-pigeon.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
Let us recognize it as an exquisite creation of art, not of nature, as wonderful as the pouter pigeon or the saffron rose.
The Education of American Girls|Anna Callender Brackett
Persis herself was like a pouter pigeon strutting and preening her high breast.
What Will People Say?|Rupert Hughes
Then we go on to the absurd idea which came over womankind that it was most becoming to look like a pouter pigeon.
English Costume|Dion Clayton Calthrop

In disdain she saunters away, plump as a pampered pouter pigeon, humming the duet from Don Giovanni.
Ulysses|James Joyce

British Dictionary definitions for pouter

pouter

/ (ˈpaʊtə) /

noun

a person or thing that pouts

a breed of domestic pigeon with a large crop capable of being greatly puffed out

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