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Spouter

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spout  (spout)
v. spout·ed, spout·ing, spouts
v.intr.
1. To gush forth in a rapid stream or in spurts.
2. To discharge a liquid or other substance continuously or in spurts.
3. Informal To speak volubly and tediously.
v.tr.
1. To cause to flow or spurt out.
2. To utter volubly and tediously.
3. Chiefly British To pawn.
n.
1. A tube, mouth, or pipe through which liquid is released or discharged.
2. A continuous stream of liquid.
3. The burst of spray from the blowhole of a whale.
4. Chiefly British A pawnshop.

[Middle English spouten, ultimately of imitative origin.]

spouter n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Spouter - an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talkerspouter - an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
speaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, utterer - someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims"
2.spouter - an oil well that is spouting
oil well, oiler - a well that yields or has yielded oil
3.spouter - a spouting whale
whale - any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head


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