Spout

Pronunciation

• IPA: /spaÊŠt/
• Rhymes: -aÊŠt

Origin

Compare Swedish spruta a squirt, a syringe.

Full definition of spout

Noun

1. a tube or lip through which liquid is poured or dischargedI dropped my china teapot, and its spout has broken.
2. a stream of liquid
3. the mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale

Verb

1. (intransitive) To gush forth in a jet or streamWater spouts from a hole.
2. (ambitransitive) To eject water or liquid in a jet.The whale spouted.
• CreechThe mighty whale ... spouts the tide.
3. To speak tediously or pompously.
4. To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.
• Beaumont and FletcherPray, spout some French, son.
5. (slang, dated) To pawn; to pledge.to spout a watch

Anagrams

• POTUS
• pouts
• stoup
• tupos
• upsot
• USPTO