spout
IPA: spˈaʊt
noun
- A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged. [[File:Spout (PSF).png|thumb|]]
- A stream of liquid.
- The mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale.
- (Australia) A hollow stump formed when a tree branch breaks off.
verb
- (intransitive) To gush forth in a jet or stream
- (transitive, intransitive) To eject water or liquid in a jet.
- (intransitive) To speak tediously or pompously.
- (transitive) To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.
- (transitive, slang, dated) To pawn; to pledge.
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Examples of "spout" in Sentences
- The teapot began to spout boiling water as soon as the whistle went off
- The fountain in the park had a marble spout that gushed water gracefully into the pool below
- The old sink in the bathroom had a leaky spout that sprayed water everywhere
- As the storm raged on, rain continued to spout from the sky in torrents
- The whale breached the surface of the water, releasing a powerful spout of air from its blowhole
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