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spout

/spaʊt/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged.
  2. A stream of liquid.
  3. The mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale.
  4. To gush forth in a jet or stream
  5. To eject water or liquid in a jet.
  6. To speak tediously or pompously.
  7. To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.
  8. To pawn; to pledge.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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