spout
/spaʊt//spʌʊt/
noun
- 1
A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged.
“I dropped my china teapot, and its spout broke.”
- 2
A stream of liquid.
- 3
The mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale.
verb
- 1
To gush forth in a jet or stream
“Water spouts from a hole.”
- 2
To eject water or liquid in a jet.
“The whale spouted.”
- 3
To speak tediously or pompously.
- 4
To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.
- 5
To pawn; to pledge.
“to spout a watch”
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