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Definitions for Spout

[1] to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet.
[2] 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.
[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 . to talk or speak at some length or in an oratorical manner.
[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] a downpour or fall, especially 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 Slang . pawnshop.
[14] up the spout , British Slang . pawned. in a desperate situation; beyond help: His financial affairs are up the spout.
[15] 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
[16] (of a whale, etc) to discharge air through the blowhole, so that it forms a spray at the surface of the water
[17] informal to utter (a stream of words) on a subject, often at length
[18] a tube, pipe, chute, etc, allowing the passage or pouring of liquids, grain, etc
[19] a continuous stream or jet of liquid
[20] short for waterspout
[21] up the spout slang ruined or lost any hope of rescue is right up the spout pregnant

Words related to Spout

gush, shoot, stream, jet, spill, expel, pour, surge, cascade, spray, erupt, discharge, eject, squirt, exude, roll, orate, declaim, ramble, boast

Words nearby Spout

spotter, spottie, spotty, spousal, spouse, spout, spout cup, spouted, spouting, spp., spqr

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

Other words from Spout

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

Word origin for Spout

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

Synonyms for Spout

gush, cascade, discharge, eject, erupt, expel, exude, jet, pour, roll, shoot, spill, spray, squirt, stream, surge