spout

[[t]spaʊt[/t]]

v. t.

1) to discharge in a stream or jet:

volcanoes spouting ash and lava[/ex]

2) to state or declaim volubly or in a pompous manner:

spouting theories on foreign policy[/ex]

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

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) sts archaic

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Etymology: 1300–50; (v.) ME, akin to D spuiten, ON spȳta to spit I; (n.) ME spowt(e) pipe, akin to the n. spout′er, n.