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   spout

   /spaʊt/

   noun

   • 1. a tube or lip projecting from a container, through which liquid can be poured: "a teapot with a chipped spout"
   • 2. a stream of liquid issuing from somewhere with great force: "the tall spouts of geysers"
   • ▪ the plume of water vapour ejected from the blowhole of a whale: "the spout of an occasional whale"
   • 3. a pipe or trough through which water may be carried away or from which it can flow out.
   • ▪ a sloping trough for conveying grain, coal, etc. to a lower level; a chute.
   • ▪ a lift in a pawnshop used to convey pawned items up for storage. historical

   verb

   • 1. send out (liquid) forcibly in a stream: "volcanoes spouted ash and lava"
   • ▪ (of a liquid) flow out forcibly in a stream: "blood was spouting from the cuts on my hand" Similar spurtgushspewpourstreamrusheruptsurgeshootpumpsquirtsprayflowissuedisgorgedischargeemitbelch forth
   • ▪ (of a whale or dolphin) eject (water vapour and air) through its blowhole.
   • 2. express (one's views or ideas) in a lengthy, declamatory, and unreflecting way: "he was spouting platitudes about our furry friends" Similar hold forthsound offgo ontalk at lengthexpatiatepontificatedeclaimoraterantsermonizeinformal:mouth offspeechifyspielrare:perorate

   Word Origin Middle English (as a verb): from Middle Dutch spouten, from an imitative base shared by Old Norse spýta ‘to spit’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. spouter noun
   • 2. spoutless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

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