hornpout

[ hawrn-pout ]

noun

1. horned pout.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hornpout¹

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 Literature

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 Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

It puts me in mind of my young days," remarked Silas, "when I used to steal out of bed to go bobbing for hornpouts and eels.

From Project Gutenberg