Sekirov Dictionary

spout

/spʌʊt/

noun 8
verb 5
forms 5
phrases 2

noun8

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A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged.
- I dropped my china teapot, and its spout broke.
- I put a spout in the maple tree to collect its sap
A waterspout (“channel through which water is discharged, especially from the gutters of a roof”).
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A stream or discharge of liquid, typically with some degree of force.
- A spout of blood flew from his mouth, spattering Smichov's linen trousers. — 2010
The mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale.
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A waterspout (“whirlwind or tornado that forms over water”).
- He ought to haue expert coniecture of Stormes, Tempestes, and Spoutes: and such lyke Meteorologicall effectes, daungerous on Sea. — 2020
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A stream of water that falls from higher to lower; a (typically thin) waterfall.
- […] the river rushes over the Auchinlilie Lin or Spout, a tremendous chataract^([sic]); after which it proceeds in a more quiet course, and is navigable to the village of Carron Shore. — 1805
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A similar stream or fall of earth, rock, etc.
- The great spout of broken mineral, which had damned the canyon up. — 1883
(Australia) A hollow stump formed when a tree branch breaks off.

verb5

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To gush forth in a jet or stream
- Water spouts from a hole.
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To eject water or liquid in a jet.
- The whale spouted.
To speak tediously or pompously.
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To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.
- Pray, spout some French, son. — 1608
(slang, old-fashioned) To pawn; to pledge.

forms

spouted · spouting · spouteth · spouts · spoutest

Phrases with spout

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