spout

Etymology

From Middle English spouten, from Middle Dutch spoiten, spouten (> Dutch spuiten (“to spout”)), from *spīwatjaną. Compare Swedish spruta a squirt, a syringe. See also spit, spew.

noun

  1. A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged. [[File:Spout (PSF).png|thumb|]]
    I dropped my china teapot, and its spout broke.
  2. A stream of liquid.
    A spout of blood flew from his mouth, spattering Smichov's linen trousers. 2010, James Fleming, Cold Blood, page 160
  3. The mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale.
  4. (Australia) A hollow stump formed when a tree branch breaks off.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To gush forth in a jet or stream
    Water spouts from a hole.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To eject water or liquid in a jet.
    The whale spouted.
    The mighty whale […] spouts the tide. 1697, Thomas Creech, The Whale
  3. (intransitive) To speak tediously or pompously.
  4. (transitive) To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.
  5. (transitive, slang, dated) To pawn; to pledge.
    to spout a watch

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