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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
spout
n 1: an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain
v 1: gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; "water gushed forth"
[syn: spurt, spirt, gush, spout]
2: talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner [syn: rant,
mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on, rave]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Spout \Spout\ (spout), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spouted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Spouting.] [Cf. Sw. sputa, spruta, to spout, D.
spuit a spout, spuiten to spout, and E. spurt, sprit, v.,
sprout, sputter; or perhaps akin to E. spit to eject from the
mouth.]
1. To throw out forcibly and abundantly, as liquids through
an orifice or a pipe; to eject in a jet; as, an elephant
spouts water from his trunk.
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Who kept Jonas in the fish's maw
Till he was spouted up at Ninivee? --Chaucer.
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Next on his belly floats the mighty whale . . .
He spouts the tide. --Creech.
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2. To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or
pompous manner.
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Pray, spout some French, son. --Beau. & Fl.
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3. To pawn; to pledge; as, to spout a watch. [Cant]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Spout \Spout\, v. i.
1. To issue 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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All the glittering hill
Is bright with spouting rills. --Thomson.
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2. To eject water or liquid in a jet.
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3. To utter a speech, especially in a pompous manner.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Spout \Spout\, n. [Cf. Sw. spruta a squirt, a syringe. See
Spout, v. t.]
1. 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. --Addison. "A conduit with three
issuing spouts." --Shak.
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In whales . . . an ejection thereof [water] is
contrived by a fistula, or spout, at the head. --Sir
T. Browne.
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From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide.
--Pope.
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2. A trough for conducting grain, flour, etc., into a
receptacle.
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3. A discharge or jet of water or other liquid, esp. when
rising in a column; also, a waterspout.
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To put up the spout, To shove up the spout, or To pop up
the spout, to pawn or pledge at a pawnbroker's; -- in
allusion to the spout up which the pawnbroker sent the
ticketed articles. [Cant]
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Thesaurus Results for spout:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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