spout
verb/spaʊt/
/spaʊt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they spout | /spaʊt/ /spaʊt/ |
| he / she / it spouts | /spaʊts/ /spaʊts/ |
| past simple spouted | /ˈspaʊtɪd/ /ˈspaʊtɪd/ |
| past participle spouted | /ˈspaʊtɪd/ /ˈspaʊtɪd/ |
| -ing form spouting | /ˈspaʊtɪŋ/ /ˈspaʊtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to send out something, especially a liquid, in a stream with great force; to come out of something in this way synonym pour
- spout something (from something) The wound was still spouting blood.
- The geyser spouted huge columns of water from the ground.
- spout from/out of something Clear water spouted from the fountains.
- [intransitive] (of a whale) to send out a stream of water from a hole in its head
- [intransitive, transitive] (informal, disapproving) to speak a lot about something; to repeat something in a boring or annoying way
- spout (off/on) (about something) He's always spouting off about being a vegetarian.
- What are you spouting on about now?
- spout something He could spout poetry for hours.
- She could do nothing but spout insults.
- The article was full of the usual clichés spouted by fashion editors.
Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb): from Middle Dutch spouten, from an imitative base shared by Old Norse spýta ‘to spit’.
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