spouted; spouting; spouts
1
: to eject (liquid) in a stream
wells spouting oil
2
a
: to speak or utter readily, volubly, and at length
b
: to speak or utter in a pompous or oratorical manner : declaim
a candidate spouting empty promises
1
: to issue with force or in a jet : spurt
2
: to eject material (such as liquid) in a jet
3
: declaim
spouter
noun
1
: a pipe or conductor through which a liquid is discharged or conveyed in a stream: such as
a
: a pipe for carrying rainwater from a roof
b
: a projecting tube or lip from which a liquid (such as water) issues
2
: a discharge or jet of liquid or moisture from or as if from a pipe: such as
a
b
: the blowing of a whale
3
archaic
: pawnshop
Synonyms
Examples of spout in a Sentence
Verb
The well was spouting oil.
She kept spouting on and on about politics.
Noun
Water was flowing from the spout.
the spout of a tea kettle
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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
In the video, around a half dozen of the animals can be seen breaching just feet from the boat and loudly spouting mist from their blowholes.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
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Verb
Advertisement Deputies also found a black gas can spout near the gas meters, according to court documents.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
In the video, around a half dozen of the animals can be seen breaching just feet from the boat and loudly spouting mist from their blowholes.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
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“Spout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spout. Accessed 2 Jun. 2024.
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spout
2 of 2 noun1
: a tube, pipe, or hole through which something (as rainwater) spouts
2
: a sudden strong stream of fluid
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