| Front | spout |
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| Back | spout noun, verb BrE /spaʊt/ NAmE /spaʊt/ noun word origin 1 a pipe or tube on a container, that you can pour liquid out through the spout of a teapot 2 a stream of liquid coming out of somewhere with great force fountain be/go up the ˈspout (BrE, slang) to be/go wrong; to be spoilt or not working Well, that's my holiday plans gone up the spout! verb verb forms word origin 1 [transitive, intransitive] to send out sth, especially a liquid, in a stream with great force; to come out of sth in this way pour ~ sth (from sth) The wound was still spouting blood. The geyser spouted huge columns of water from the ground. ~ from/out of sth Clear water spouted from the fountains. 2 [intransitive] (of a whale) to send out a stream of water from a hole in its head 3 [intransitive, transitive] (informal, disapproving) to speak a lot about sth; to repeat sth in a boring or annoying way ~ (off/on) (about sth) He's always spouting off about being a vegetarian. What are you spouting on about now? ~ sth 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. |
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