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spouting

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spout·ing  (spoutng)
n. Chiefly Pennsylvania & New Jersey
See gutter. See Regional Note at gutter.
spouting [ˈspaʊtɪŋ]
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) NZ
a.  a rainwater downpipe on the exterior of a building
b.  such pipes collectively
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Adj.1.spouting - propelled violently in a usually narrow stream
jetting, spurting, squirting
running - (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream; "as mountain stream with freely running water"; "hovels without running water"


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Now do I know how it is concerning the fire-dog; and likewise concerning all the spouting and subversive devils, of which not only old women are afraid.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
To be short, then, a whale is a spouting fish with a horizontal tail.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
There ain't no use spouting hard times explanations.
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