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Meaning of spout

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

spout

Pronunciation:/spaʊt//spʌʊt/

noun

Definitions

  1. A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged.

    Example: 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

Definitions

  1. To gush forth in a jet or stream

    Example: Water spouts from a hole.

  2. To eject water or liquid in a jet.

    Example: The whale spouted.

  3. To speak tediously or pompously.

  4. To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.