spout

spout

 (spout)

v. spout·ed, spout·ing, spouts

v.intr.

1. To gush forth in a rapid stream or in spurts: Water spouted from the faucet.

2. To discharge a liquid or other substance continuously or in spurts: whales spouting offshore.

3. To speak in a wordy, dull, or pompous manner: spouted on about how well-made the building was.

v.tr.

1. To discharge (a flowing or spurting liquid); release: The statue's mouth spouted water.

2. To utter in a wordy, dull, or pompous manner: spouted statistics to prove his point.

3. Chiefly British To pawn.

n.

1. A tube, lip, or hole through which liquid is released or discharged: the spout of a teapot.

2. A continuous stream of liquid.

3. The burst of spray from the blowhole of a whale.

4. Chiefly British A pawnshop.

Idiom:

up the spout Chiefly British Slang

1. Pawned.

2. In difficulty.

3. Pregnant.

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[Middle English spouten, ultimately of imitative origin.]

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spout′er n.

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spout

(spaʊt)

vb

1. to discharge (a liquid) in a continuous jet or in spurts, esp through a narrow gap or under pressure, or (of a liquid) to gush thus

2. (Zoology) (of a whale, etc) to discharge air through the blowhole, so that it forms a spray at the surface of the water

3. informal to utter (a stream of words) on a subject, often at length

n

4. a tube, pipe, chute, etc, allowing the passage or pouring of liquids, grain, etc

5. a continuous stream or jet of liquid

6. (Physical Geography) short for waterspout

7. up the spout slang

a. ruined or lost: any hope of rescue is right up the spout.

b. pregnant

[C14: perhaps from Middle Dutch spouten, from Old Norse spyta to spit]

ˈspouter n

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spout

(spaʊt)

v.t.

1. to discharge in a stream or jet: volcanoes spouting ash and lava.

2. to state or declaim volubly or in a pompous manner: spouting theories on foreign policy.

v.i.

3. to issue in a jet or continuous stream.

4. to issue forth with force, as liquid through a narrow orifice.

5. to speak volubly or pompously.

n.

6. a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.

7. a trough or shoot for discharging or conveying grain, flour, etc.

8. waterspout.

9. a continuous stream of material discharged from or as if from a pipe.

10. a spring of water.

11. Archaic. pawnshop.

[1300–50; (v.) Middle English, akin to Dutch spuiten, Old Norse spȳta to spit¹; (n.) Middle English spowt(e) pipe, akin to the n.]

spout′er, n.

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spout

Past participle: spouted
Gerund: spouting

Imperative

spout

spout

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spout - an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain gargoyle - a spout that terminates in a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal nozzle, nose - a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged opening - a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door" pipage, pipe, piping - a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc. watering can, watering pot - a container with a handle and a spout with a perforated nozzle; used to sprinkle water over plants
Verb	1.	spout - gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; "water gushed forth" gush, spirt, spurt pump - flow intermittently blow - spout moist air from the blowhole; "The whales blew" whoosh - gush or squirt out; "Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the well" pour - flow in a spurt; "Water poured all over the floor"
	2.	spout - talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner jabber, mouth off, rabbit on, rant, rave mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

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spout

verb

1. stream, shoot, gush, spurt, jet, spray, surge, discharge, erupt, emit, squirt In a storm, water spouts out of the blowhole just like a whale.

2. (Informal) hold forth, talk, rant, go on (informal), rabbit (on) (Brit. informal), ramble (on), pontificate, declaim, spiel (informal), expatiate, orate, speechify She would go red in the face and start to spout.

noun

1. jet, fountain, gush, outpouring, geyser Experts later blew it up - sending a spout of water soaring 30ft into the sky.

2. nozzle, lip, rose a pot with a broken spout

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spout

verb

To eject or be ejected in a sudden thin, swift stream:

jet, spray, spurt, squirt.

noun

A sudden swift stream of ejected liquid:

jet, spray, spurt, squirt.

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Translations

إنْبِثاق، تَدَفُّقميزاب، بُلْبُلَة الأبْريقيقول بصورةٍ دراماتيكِيَّه، يَرْتَجِليَنْبَجِس، يَنْطَلِق، يَنْفَجِر من

hubiceproudrecitovatstříkat

deklamerestråletud

AusgussdeklamierenherausspritzenTülleWasserstrahl

becjaillirjetcanondéclamer

elszavalvízsugár

buna/romsa út úr sér; òrumaspúa, sprautastúturvatnssúla

beccuccioconcionaregrondaiarovinatoscarico

čiurkšlėčiurkšti

deklamētizšļāktizšļāktiesšļāktšļākties

pyštek

dulec

ağızfışkır makfışkıran sıvınutuk çeker gibi konuşmakuç emzik

喷出喷流喷管或嘴急流高谈阔论

spout

[spaʊt]

A. N [of jar] → pico m; [of teapot etc] → pitón m, pitorro m; [of guttering] → canalón m; (= jet of water) → surtidor m, chorro m
to be up the spout (Brit) [person] (= in a jam) → estar en un apuro; (= pregnant) → estar en estado
my holiday's up the spout → mis vacaciones se han ido al garete

B. VT

1. [+ water] → arrojar en chorro

2. [+ poetry etc] → declamar

C. VI

1. [water] → brotar, salir en chorros

2. (= declaim) → hablar incansablemente

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spout

[ˈspaʊt]

n

[jug, teapot] → bec m
to be up the spout (British) (= be ruined) [plans, scheme] → être fichu(e) (= be pregnant) → être en cloque

(= stream of liquid) → jet m

vi

(= spurt) [blood, water, flames] → jaillir

[whale] → souffler de la vapeur d'eau par ses évents

(= hold forth) (also spout off) → pérorer
to spout about sth → pérorer sur qch

vt

(= spurt) [+ blood, water] → faire jaillir

(= come out with) [+ nonsense, poetry, insults] → débiter

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spout

n

→ Ausguss m, → Tülle f; (on teapot, cup) → Schnabel m, → Ausguss m; (on gargoyle, guttering) → Speirohr nt; (on pump, tap) → Ausflussrohr nt; (on pipe) → Ausfluss m; (on watering can) → Rohr nt; up the spout (Brit inf: plans, building, schedule etc) → im Eimer (inf); she’s up the spout (Brit inf: = pregnant) → sie hat ’nen dicken Bauch (inf)

(of whale: also spout-hole) → Spritzloch nt, → Atemloch nt

(= jet of water etc) → Fontäne f; (Met: = water spout) → Wasserhose f

vt

(= gush, fountain etc) → (heraus)spritzen; (whale) → ausstoßen, spritzen; (volcano, gargoyle) → speien

(inf: = declaim) poetry, speeches → vom Stapel lassen (inf), → loslassen (at sb auf jdn) (inf); words → hervorsprudeln; figures → herunterrasseln (inf); nonsense → von sich geben

vi

(water, fountain etc, whale) → spritzen (from aus); (gargoyle) → speien; to spout out (of something) → (aus etw) hervorspritzen; (lava) → (aus etw) ausgespien werden; to spout up (from something) → (aus etw) hochspritzen or herausschießen

(fig inf: = declaim) → palavern (inf), → salbadern (pej); to spout (forth) about something → über etw (acc) → salbadern

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spout

[spaʊt]

1. n (of teapot) → becco, beccuccio; (of guttering) → scarico; (for tap) → cannella; (column of water) → getto, zampillo
those figures are completely up the spout (fam) → quei dati sono completamente sballati

2. vt (water) → gettare; (lava) → eruttare; (smoke) → emettere (fam, pej) (poetry) → declamare

3. vi (liquid) → zampillare

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spout

(spaut) verb

1. to throw out or be thrown out in a jet. Water spouted from the hole in the tank. spuit يَنْبَجِس، يَنْطَلِق، يَنْفَجِر من струя jorrar stříkat herausspritzen sprøjte ud αναβλύζω, ξεχύνομαι purskama فوران كردن suihkuttaa, suihkuta jaillir לִפרוֹץ फुहारे की भांति छूटना, छोड़ना izbacivati, rigati mlazom (ki)lövell menyemprot spúa, sprauta scaturire, sgorgare 吹き出す 내뿜다 čiurkšti []šļākt; []šļākties menyembur spuitensprute, blåse tryskać jorrar a ţâşni (din) бить струёй striekať (iz)brizgati šikljati spruta [ut] พ่น fışkır(t)mak 噴出 бити струменем; литися потоком پچکاری سے دھار نکالنا یا نکلنا phun ra, bắn ra 喷出

2. to talk or say (something) loudly and dramatically. He started to spout poetry, of all things! hard praat يقول بصورةٍ دراماتيكِيَّه، يَرْتَجِل декламирам declamar recitovat deklamieren deklamere μιλάω δυνατά και με στόμφο (tähtsalt) seletama با لفت و لعاب گفتن paasata déclamer לְדַקלֵם जोर से और नाटकीय ढंग से कुछ कहना deklamirati elszaval mengucapkan buna/romsa út úr sér; þruma declamare とうとうと述べる (말을) 토하다 deklamuoti deklamēt mengucapkan galmendeklamere, lire av seg deklamować declamar a declama декламировать recitovať deklamirati recitovati haspla ur sig, deklamera พูดมาก nutuk çeker gibi konuşmak 高談闊論 просторікувати; декламувати زور خطابت دکھانا ngâm thơ 高谈阔论

noun

1. the part of a kettle, teapot, jug, water-pipe etc through which the liquid it contains is poured out. tuit ميزاب، بُلْبُلَة الأبْريق чучур bico hubice die Tülle tud στόμιο, λαιμός tila, nokk لوله nokka bec זַרבּוּבִית केतली का एक हिस्साए टोंटी, टोंटा grlić, kljun csőr cucuk stútur becco, beccuccio 注ぎ口 주둥이 부분 snapelis, kaklelis (kannas) snīpis muncung tuittutdzióbek, wylewbicoносик; желоб pyštek dulec grlić pip พวยกา ağız, uç emzik 噴管(或嘴) носик; шийка ٹونٹی vòi ấm 喷管（或嘴）

2. a jet or strong flow (of water etc). spuit إنْبِثاق، تَدَفُّق силна струя esguicho proud der Wasserstrahl stråle κρουνός, σιντριβάνι juga فواره suihku jetסילון धार mlaz, pljusak (víz)sugár semprotan vatnssúla getto, zampillo ほとばしり (물 등의) 분출 čiurkšlė, srovė strūkla pancutan straalstrålestrumień esguicho jet струя prúd curek mlaz stråle ลำ (น้ำ ฯลฯ) fışkıran sıvı (水的)噴流，急流 струмінь; стовп води پانی وغیرہ کی تیز دھار cột nước （水的）喷流，急流

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