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The Meaning of spout
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(v. t.) To throw out forcibly and abudantly, as liquids through an office or a pipe; to eject in a jet; as, an elephant spouts water from his trunk.
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(v. t.) To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.
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(v. t.) To pawn; to pledge; as, spout a watch.
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(v. i.) To issue with with violence, or in a jet, as a liquid through a narrow orifice, or from a spout; as, water spouts from a hole; blood spouts from an artery.
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(v. i.) To eject water or liquid in a jet.
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(v. i.) To utter a speech, especially in a pompous manner.
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(v. t.) That through which anything spouts; a discharging lip, pipe, or orifice; a tube, pipe, or conductor of any kind through which a liquid is poured, or by which it is conveyed in a stream from one place to another; as, the spout of a teapot; a spout for conducting water from the roof of a building.
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(v. t.) A trough for conducting grain, flour, etc., into a receptacle.
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(v. t.) A discharge or jet of water or other liquid, esp. when rising in a column; also, a waterspout.
Synonyms
spurt
,
spirt
,
gush
,
rant
,
mouth off
,
jabber
,
rabbit on
,
rave
Rhymes
about
,
all-out
,
bailout
,
blackout
,
blowout
,
bookout
,
bout
,
breakout
,
brownout
,
burnout
,
buyout
,
checkout
,
clout
,
cookout
,
crout
,
cutout
,
devout
,
doubt
,
doutt
,
dropout
,
drought
,
dugout
,
eelpout
,
fallout
,
flout
,
fout
,
gout
,
goutte
,
grout
,
handout
,
hangout
,
hereabout
,
hideout
,
holdout
,
knockout
,
knout
,
kraut
,
krout
,
layout
,
lockout
,
lookout
,
lout
,
out
,
payout
,
pout
,
printout
,
prout
,
pullout
,
readout
,
redoubt
,
reroute
,
rideout
,
roundabout
,
rout
,
route
,
runabout
,
sauerkraut
,
scout
,
sellout
,
shakeout
,
shout
,
shutout
,
snout
,
sprout
,
stake-out
,
stakeout
,
standout
,
stout
,
stoute
,
strout
,
swarthout
,
takeout
,
throughout
,
thuot
,
tout
,
trout
,
troutt
,
tryout
,
turnabout
,
turnout
,
walkout
,
washout
,
wipeout
,
without
,
workout