spout
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English spouten, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch spoiten, spouten (> Dutch spuiten (“to spout”)), of imitative origin. Compare Swedish spruta a squirt, a syringe. See also spit, spew.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spaʊt/
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Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -aʊt
Noun
spout (plural spouts)
- A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged.
- I dropped my china teapot, and its spout broke.
- A stream of liquid.
- 2010, James Fleming, Cold Blood (page 160)
- A spout of blood flew from his mouth, spattering Smichov's linen trousers.
- 2010, James Fleming, Cold Blood (page 160)
- The mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale.
Coordinate terms
- (tube through which liquid is discharged): nozzle
Translations
a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
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a stream of liquid
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the mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale
Verb
spout (third-person singular simple present spouts, present participle spouting, simple past and past participle spouted)
- (intransitive) To gush forth in a jet or stream
- Water spouts from a hole.
- (transitive, intransitive) To eject water or liquid in a jet.
- The whale spouted.
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- The mighty whale […] spouts the tide.
- (intransitive) To speak tediously or pompously.
- (transitive) To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.
- (Can we date this quote by Beaumont and Fletcher and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Pray, spout some French, son.
- (Can we date this quote by Beaumont and Fletcher and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (transitive, slang, dated) To pawn; to pledge.
- to spout a watch
Translations
to gush forth in a stream
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to speak tediously and at length
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