spouting

[ spou-ting ]

/ ˈspaʊ tɪŋ /

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noun Midland U.S.

guttering(defs 1–3).

Origin of spouting

First recorded in 1870–75; spout + -ing¹

Words nearby spouting

spousal, spouse, spout, spout cup, spouted, spouting, spp., spqr, spr, sprachgefühl, spraddle

Definition for spouting (2 of 2)

spout

[ spout ]

/ spaʊt /

verb (used with object)

to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet.

Informal. to state or declaim volubly or in an oratorical manner: He spouted his theories on foreign policy for the better part of the night.

verb (used without object)

to discharge, as a liquid, in a jet or continuous stream.

to issue forth with force, as liquid or other material through a narrow orifice.

Informal. to talk or speak at some length or in an oratorical manner.

noun

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

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

a waterspout.

a continuous stream of liquid, granulated substance, etc., discharged from or as if from a pipe, tube, shoot, etc.

a spring of water.

a downpour or fall, especially of water, from a high place; waterfall.

a dumbwaiter or chute, formerly common in pawnbrokers' shops, by which articles pawned were sent to another floor for storage.

British Slang. pawnshop.

Origin of spout

1300–50; (v.) Middle English spouten; cognate with Dutch spuiten; akin to Old Norse spȳta to spit¹; (noun) Middle English spowt(e) pipe, akin to the noun

SYNONYMS FOR spout

3, 4 squirt, stream, pour. See flow.

5 declaim, rant, harangue, speechify.

6 nozzle, nose.

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OTHER WORDS FROM spout

spout·er, noun spout·less, adjective spout·like, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for spouting

Spouting off against police online has become criminalized in recent weeks.

Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead |Luke O’Neil |January 8, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
No more allowing people to justify their bigotry by spouting a cherry-picked Bible verse.

Dear Leelah, We Will Fight On For You: A Letter to a Dead Trans Teen |Parker Molloy |January 1, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
In the meantime, Welby is not, at least, spouting ugly bigotry.

UK’s No 1 Churchman Doubts Existence of God: The Archbishop of Canterbury Thinks Deep When Running With His Dog |Tim Teeman |September 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Never mind whatever podcast, Vine, Tumblr, talk radio host or triple-digit cable network is spouting off about at the moment.

Hillary’s Outside Enforcers Are Led by a Former Foe |David Freedlander |July 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

And to let you comprehend whether you are heir to that civilization or spouting hot air about it.

My Commencement Speech to Rutgers’ Geniuses: Go Forth and Fail |P. J. O’Rourke |May 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He found a walnut shell out of which the water was spouting as from a fountain.

The Book of Stories for the Storyteller |Fanny E. Coe
When they fell in the river they threw up columns of water like spouting monsters of the deep.

Erskine Dale--Pioneer |John Fox
You had only to look at these brown figures trying to flank the spouting guns.

The Guarded Heights |Wadsworth Camp
The cause of its spouting upward would be the weight or pressure of the water in the tank.

ABC of Electricity |William Henry Meadowcroft
Then, dragging the spouting carcase to the line, he began to make fast the feet preparatory to the hauling of it up.

The King's Assegai |Bertram Mitford

British Dictionary definitions for spouting (1 of 2)

spouting

/ (ˈspaʊtɪŋ) /

noun

a rainwater downpipe on the exterior of a building
such pipes collectively

British Dictionary definitions for spouting (2 of 2)

spout

/ (spaʊt) /

verb

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

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

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

noun

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

a continuous stream or jet of liquid

short for waterspout

up the spout slang

ruined or lostany hope of rescue is right up the spout
pregnant

Derived forms of spout

spouter, noun

Word Origin for spout

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

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spouting

noun Midland U.S.

Origin of spouting

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Definition for spouting (2 of 2)

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

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