spouted

US: (spou′tid)

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spout•ed  (spou′tid), adj. 

1. fitted with a spout:
   a spouted pitcher.

• spout + -ed³ 1825–35

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spout /spaʊt/   v. 

1. to throw out with force, as in a stream or jet:
   [~ + object] The volcano was spouting ash and lava.
2. to shoot out forcefully or violently:
   [no object] Ash and lava spouted from the volcano.
3. to say in a showy, conceited, or pompous manner: [~ + object]
   spouting his theories on foreign policy.
   [no object* (~ + off)]
   He's always spouting (off) about how great his job is.

n. [countable]

4. a pipe or tube through which a liquid is poured or carried along:
   the spout of the teapot.
5. a continuous stream of liquid coming out or as if out of a pipe or tube.

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spout  (spout), v.t. 

1. to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet.
2. Informal Terms to state or declaim volubly or in an oratorical manner:
   He spouted his theories on foreign policy for the better part of the night.

v.i. 

3. to discharge, as a liquid, in a jet or continuous stream.
4. to issue forth with force, as liquid or other material through a narrow orifice.
5. Informal Terms to talk or speak at some length or in an oratorical manner.

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. a waterspout.
9. a continuous stream of liquid, granulated substance, etc., discharged from or as if from a pipe, tube, shoot, etc.
10. a spring of water.
11. Geography a downpour or fall, esp. of water, from a high place;
    waterfall.
12. a dumbwaiter or chute, formerly common in pawnbrokers' shops, by which articles pawned were sent to another floor for storage.
13. British Terms pawnshop.
14. British Terms up the spout:
    • pawned.
    • in a desperate situation;
      beyond help:
      His financial affairs are up the spout.

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

spout′er, n. 
spout′less, adj. 
spout′like′, adj. 
Synonyms

• 3, 4. squirt, stream, pour. See flow. 
• 5. declaim, rant, harangue, speechify.
• 6. nozzle, nose.

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spout / spaʊt/ verb

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. (of a whale, etc) to discharge air through the blowhole, so that it forms a spray at the surface of the water
3. to utter (a stream of words) on a subject, often at length

noun

1. a tube, pipe, chute, etc, allowing the passage or pouring of liquids, grain, etc
2. a continuous stream or jet of liquid
3. short for waterspout
4. up the spout ⇒ ruined or lost: any hope of rescue is right up the spout
5. pregnant

Etymology: 14th Century: perhaps from Middle Dutch spouten, from Old Norse spyta to spit

ˈspouter noun