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spout

/spaʊt/
/spʌʊt/ Canada

Rhymes with -aʊt

Where it comes from

From Middle English spouten, from Middle Dutch spoiten, spouten (> Dutch spuiten (“to spout”)), from Old Dutch *spūten, *spīuten, *spīwetten, from Proto-West Germanic *spīwattjan, from Proto-Germanic *spīwatjaną. Compare Swedish spruta (“squirt, syringe”). See also spit, spew.

noun spouts

A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged. I dropped my china teapot, and its spout broke.
A waterspout (“channel through which water is discharged, especially from the gutters of a roof”).
A stream or discharge of liquid, typically with some degree of force. A spout of blood flew from his mouth, spattering Smichov's linen trousers.
A stream of water that falls from higher to lower; a (typically thin) waterfall. […] the river rushes over the Auchinlilie Lin or Spout, a tremendous chataract^([sic]); after which it proceeds in a more quiet course, and is navigable to the village of Carron Shore.
A similar stream or fall of earth, rock, etc. The great spout of broken mineral, which had damned the canyon up.
A waterspout (“whirlwind or tornado that forms over water”). He ought to haue expert coniecture of Stormes, Tempestes, and Spoutes: and such lyke Meteorologicall effectes, daungerous on Sea.
The mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale.
Australia A hollow stump formed when a tree branch breaks off.

verb spouts · spouting · spouted

intransitive To gush forth in a jet or stream Water spouts from a hole.
ambitransitive To eject water or liquid in a jet. The whale spouted.
intransitive To speak tediously or pompously.
transitive To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner. Pray, spout some French, son.
dated, slang, transitive To pawn; to pledge. to spout a watch

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: gush, spurt, spirt, rave, mouth off, rabbit on, jabber, rant, nozzle, jet, nozzles, lick spout, lickspout, spottle, spile, spill

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noun a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged

Español	pico, pitorro, boquilla
日本語	噴出口 funshutsuguchi
中文	嘴子 zuǐzi
Português	bico, bica, biqueira
Français	bec verseur
Deutsch	Tülle, Ausguss, Schnabel, Auslauf, Schnaupe, Schnauze
Italiano	beccuccio
Română	gurgui
Русский	но́сик nósik, го́рлышко górlyško

noun a stream of liquid

Español	chorro
日本語	噴射 funsha
中文	噴射 /喷射 pēnshè
Português	jorro
Français	jet
Deutsch	Ausfluss, Auslauf, Fluss, Strom, Flüssigkeitsstrom, Fontäne
Italiano	getto
Русский	струя́ strujá, пото́к potók

noun the mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale

Español	chorro
Português	borrifo
Français	souffle
Deutsch	Blas
Русский	фонта́н fontán, струя́ strujá

verb to gush forth in a stream

Español	chorrear
日本語	噴き出す fukidasu, 噴く fuku
中文	噴出 /喷出 pēnchū, 噴放 /喷放 pēnfàng, 噴 /喷 pēn
Português	jorrar
Français	jaillir
Deutsch	speien, spritzen, herausspritzen
Italiano	sgorgare, zampillare
Русский	струи́ться struítʹsja, бры́згать brýzgatʹ, бить струёй bitʹ strujój, заби́ть струёй zabítʹ strujój, выбра́сывать струёй vybrásyvatʹ strujój, вы́бросить струёй výbrositʹ strujój

verb to speak tediously and at length

Español	perorar
Français	palabrer
Deutsch	palavern, quatschen, von sich geben
Русский	разглаго́льствовать razglagólʹstvovatʹ

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@misc{spout_2026,
  title = {spout},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spout},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}