mouen.
/muː/, U.S. /mu/ A pouting expression, often conveying (mock) annoyance or distaste, or used flirtatiously.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > expression of ill humour > [noun] > pouting > a pout
pout1591
moue1849
puss1899
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [noun] > lip or lips > lower > pouting
blob1762
moue1849
1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxiii. 221 She looked at her face and made a moue in the glass.
1883 J. Hawthorne Dust viii. 58 ‘You don't seem glad to see me, Uncle Francis?’ she exclaimed, making a moue of lovely irony.
1908 A. Bennett Old Wives' Tale iv. i. 429 She gave a moue and a flounce in reply, and swished out.
1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind ix. 170 She smiled at Scarlett, whimsically, as the music ended, making a little moue of apology as she dabbed with her handkerchief.
1955 Times 18 July 3/1 The hero..seeks the male companionship of sea life only to collapse powerless before the frail charm, the irresistible moue, and the wide eyed Frenchness of a passenger on the boat.
1974 ‘J. le Carré’ Tinker, Tailor xii. 103 ‘Why, George..it was you who arranged the deal!’ With a quaint moue of professional vanity, Smiley conceded..it.
1995 Times 21 Oct. (Mag.) 8/2 ‘They're made out of plaster—so they say,’ he says, his mouth puckering in a little moue of distaste.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
mouev.
/muː/, U.S. /mu/ 1. intransitive. To make a moue.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [verb (intransitive)] > lips
poutc1484
pouch1647
blub1684
unpurse1838
moue1938
1938 G. Greene Brighton Rock vii. ix. 346 They looked up and moued to each other, as much as to say—‘Oh well, she wasn't really worth the trouble.’
1968 Punch 7 Aug. 202/3 The girls look the same young flappers to me, moueing and mincing and doing the long-lashed come-hither look.
1993 J. Meades Pompey (1994) 14 She moued and went back to the shooting-brake.
2000 N.Y. Times Mag. 23 July 54/1 Four years of watching Hillary Clinton..moue through indignity after indignity has bred a hunger for some bitchiness.
2. transitive. To say with a moue.
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1938 G. Greene Brighton Rock v. v. 213 ‘Work, work, work,’ she moued at them.
1988 S. Gray Time of our Darkness xii. 165 ‘Ooh, I do so like having my leg pulled,’ he moued.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- to have it over a person
- to have it rough
- to have it wired
- to have itchy feet
- to have its days
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- to have jam on it
- to have joy of
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- to have little miss of
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- to have little price upon
- to have little, no scruple
- to have livery
- to have long hands