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spout
(spout)v. spout·ed, spout·ing, spouts
v.intr.
1. To gush forth in a rapid stream or in spurts: Water spouted from the faucet.
2. To discharge a liquid or other substance continuously or in spurts: whales spouting offshore.
3. To speak in a wordy, dull, or pompous manner: spouted on about how well-made the building was.
v.tr.
1. To discharge (a flowing or spurting liquid); release: The statue's mouth spouted water.
2. To utter in a wordy, dull, or pompous manner: spouted statistics to prove his point.
3. Chiefly British To pawn.
n.
Idiom: 1. A tube, lip, or hole through which liquid is released or discharged: the spout of a teapot.
2. A continuous stream of liquid.
3. The burst of spray from the blowhole of a whale.
4. Chiefly British A pawnshop.
up the spout Chiefly British Slang
1. Pawned.
2. In difficulty.
3. Pregnant.
[Middle English spouten, ultimately of imitative origin.]
spout′er n.
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spout
(spaʊt)vb
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. (Zoology) (of a whale, etc) to discharge air through the blowhole, so that it forms a spray at the surface of the water
3. informal to utter (a stream of words) on a subject, often at length
n
4. a tube, pipe, chute, etc, allowing the passage or pouring of liquids, grain, etc
5. a continuous stream or jet of liquid
6. (Physical Geography) short for waterspout
7. up the spout slang
a. ruined or lost: any hope of rescue is right up the spout.
b. pregnant
[C14: perhaps from Middle Dutch spouten, from Old Norse spyta to spit]
ˈspouter n
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spout
(spaʊt)v.t.
1. to discharge in a stream or jet: volcanoes spouting ash and lava.
2. to state or declaim volubly or in a pompous manner: spouting theories on foreign policy.
v.i. 3. to issue in a jet or continuous stream.
4. to issue forth with force, as liquid through a narrow orifice.
5. to speak volubly or pompously.
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. waterspout.
9. a continuous stream of material discharged from or as if from a pipe.
10. a spring of water.
11. Archaic. pawnshop.
[1300–50; (v.) Middle English, akin to Dutch spuiten, Old Norse spȳta to spit1; (n.) Middle English spowt(e) pipe, akin to the n.]
spout′er, n.
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spout
Past participle: spouted
Gerund: spouting
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| Noun | 1. |  spout - an opening that allows the passage of liquids or graingargoyle - a spout that terminates in a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal opening - a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door" pipage, pipe, piping - a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc. watering can, watering pot - a container with a handle and a spout with a perforated nozzle; used to sprinkle water over plants |
| Verb | 1. | spout - gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; "water gushed forth" pump - flow intermittently blow - spout moist air from the blowhole; "The whales blew" whoosh - gush or squirt out; "Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the well" pour - flow in a spurt; "Water poured all over the floor" |
| 2. | spout - talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
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spout
verb
1. stream, shoot, gush, spurt, jet, spray, surge, discharge, erupt, emit, squirt In a storm, water spouts out of the blowhole just like a whale.
2. (Informal) hold forth, talk, rant, go on (informal), rabbit (on) (Brit. informal), ramble (on), pontificate, declaim, spiel (informal), expatiate, orate, speechify She would go red in the face and start to spout.
noun
1. jet, fountain, gush, outpouring, geyser Experts later blew it up - sending a spout of water soaring 30ft into the sky.
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spout
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Translations
إنْبِثاق، تَدَفُّقميزاب، بُلْبُلَة الأبْريقيقول بصورةٍ دراماتيكِيَّه، يَرْتَجِليَنْبَجِس، يَنْطَلِق، يَنْفَجِر من
hubiceproudrecitovatstříkat
deklamerestråletud
elszavalvízsugár
buna/romsa út úr sér; òrumaspúa, sprautastúturvatnssúla
čiurkšlėčiurkšti
deklamētizšļāktizšļāktiesšļāktšļākties
pyštek
dulec
ağızfışkır makfışkıran sıvınutuk çeker gibi konuşmakuç emzik
spout
[spaʊt]A. N [of jar] → pico m; [of teapot etc] → pitón m, pitorro m; [of guttering] → canalón m; (= jet of water) → surtidor m, chorro m
to be up the spout (Brit) [person] (= in a jam) → estar en un apuro; (= pregnant) → estar en estado
my holiday's up the spout → mis vacaciones se han ido al garete
to be up the spout (Brit) [person] (= in a jam) → estar en un apuro; (= pregnant) → estar en estado
my holiday's up the spout → mis vacaciones se han ido al garete
C. VI
2. (= declaim) → hablar incansablemente
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
spout
[ˈspaʊt] n
[jug, teapot] → bec m
to be up the spout (British) (= be ruined) [plans, scheme] → être fichu(e) (= be pregnant) → être en cloque
to be up the spout (British) (= be ruined) [plans, scheme] → être fichu(e) (= be pregnant) → être en cloque
(= stream of liquid) → jet m
vi
(= spurt) [blood, water, flames] → jaillir
[whale] → souffler de la vapeur d'eau par ses évents
vt
(= spurt) [+ blood, water] → faire jaillir
(= come out with) [+ nonsense, poetry, insults] → débiter
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
spout
n
→ Ausguss m, → Tülle f; (on teapot, cup) → Schnabel m, → Ausguss m; (on gargoyle, guttering) → Speirohr nt; (on pump, tap) → Ausflussrohr nt; (on pipe) → Ausfluss m; (on watering can) → Rohr nt; up the spout (Brit inf: plans, building, schedule etc) → im Eimer (inf); she’s up the spout (Brit inf: = pregnant) → sie hat ’nen dicken Bauch (inf)
(of whale: also spout-hole) → Spritzloch nt, → Atemloch nt
vt
(= gush, fountain etc) → (heraus)spritzen; (whale) → ausstoßen, spritzen; (volcano, gargoyle) → speien
(inf: = declaim) poetry, speeches → vom Stapel lassen (inf), → loslassen (at sb auf jdn) (inf); words → hervorsprudeln; figures → herunterrasseln (inf); nonsense → von sich geben
vi
(water, fountain etc, whale) → spritzen (from aus); (gargoyle) → speien; to spout out (of something) → (aus etw) hervorspritzen; (lava) → (aus etw) ausgespien werden; to spout up (from something) → (aus etw) hochspritzen or herausschießen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
spout
[spaʊt]1. n (of teapot) → becco, beccuccio; (of guttering) → scarico; (for tap) → cannella; (column of water) → getto, zampillo
those figures are completely up the spout (fam) → quei dati sono completamente sballati
those figures are completely up the spout (fam) → quei dati sono completamente sballati
3. vi (liquid) → zampillare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
spout
(spaut) verb1. to throw out or be thrown out in a jet. Water spouted from the hole in the tank.
2. to talk or say (something) loudly and dramatically. He started to spout poetry, of all things!
noun1. the part of a kettle, teapot, jug, water-pipe etc through which the liquid it contains is poured out.
2. a jet or strong flow (of water etc).
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