Definition of spouts Spouts
/spawˈts/ - [spawts] -
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- spouts (Noun)
Plural of spout.
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| spout - an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain | ||
| opening the act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door" | ||
| pipage, piping, pipe a fee charged for the use of pipes | ||
| watering can, watering pot a container with a handle and a spout with a perforated nozzle; used to sprinkle water over plants | ||
| gargoyle an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- spout (v. t.)
To throw out forcibly and abudantly, as liquids through an office or a pipe; to eject in a jet; as, an elephant spouts water from his trunk. - spout (v. t.)
To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner. - spout (v. t.)
To pawn; to pledge; as, spout a watch. - spout (v. i.)
To issue with with violence, or in a jet, as a liquid through a narrow orifice, or from a spout; as, water spouts from a hole; blood spouts from an artery. - spout (v. i.)
To eject water or liquid in a jet. - spout (v. i.)
To utter a speech, especially in a pompous manner. - spout (v. t.)
That through which anything spouts; a discharging lip, pipe, or orifice; a tube, pipe, or conductor of any kind through which a liquid is poured, or by which it is conveyed in a stream from one place to another; as, the spout of a teapot; a spout for conducting water from the roof of a building. - spout (v. t.)
A trough for conducting grain, flour, etc., into a receptacle. - spout (v. t.)
A discharge or jet of water or other liquid, esp. when rising in a column; also, a waterspout.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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spout
spowt, v.t. to throw out, as from a pipe: to utter volubly: to pawn, pledge.—v.i. to issue with violence, as from a pipe: to speak volubly, to speechify.—n. the projecting mouth of a vessel from which a stream issues: a pipe for conducting a liquid: a term applied to the blowing or breathing of whales and other cetaceans.—ns. Spout′er, one who, or that which, spouts: a speechifier: a South Sea whale, a skilful whaler; Spout′-hole, an orifice for discharging a liquid, a whale's spiracle.—adj. Spout′less, wanting a spout. [Skeat explains that spout, like speak, has lost an r, thus standing for sprout, the r being preserved in spurt, with nearly the same sense as spout. Sw. sputa for spruta, to squirt; Dut. spuiten.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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spout
A term applied to the blowing or breathing of whales and other cetaceans. The expired air, highly charged with moisture from the lungs, has frequently been mistaken for a stream of water. (See also WATER-SPOUT.)
