- spout
- [[t]spa͟ʊt[/t]]
spouts, spouting, spouted1) V-ERG If something spouts liquid or fire or if liquid or fire spout out of something, it comes out very quickly with a lot of force.
[V n] He replaced the boiler when the last one began to spout flames...
[V n prep] The main square has a fountain that spouts water 40 feet into the air...
[V adv/prep] In a storm, water spouts out of the blowhole just like a whale.
Syn:2) N-COUNT A spout of liquid is a long stream of it which is coming out of something very forcefully.Syn:3) VERB (disapproval) If you say that a person spouts something, you disapprove of them because they say something which you do not agree with or which you think they do not honestly feel.[V n] My mother would go red in the face and spout bitter recriminations...
[V n] You're the kind of person who affiliates himself with the kind of crap they spout.
Spout forth and spout off mean the same as spout.V P about n
...an estate agent spouting forth about houses... V P about n All too often he is spouting off about matters which should not concern him.4) N-COUNT A spout is a long, hollow part of a container through which liquids can be poured out easily.5) PHRASE: v-link PHR If you say that something is up the spout, you mean that it is wrong or it is no longer working. [BRIT, INFORMAL]If you only take a sample then all the statistics are up the spout.
English dictionary. 2008.
