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spouter
spout S0667800 (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.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.Idiom: up the spout Chiefly British Slang 1. Pawned.2. In difficulty.3. Pregnant. [Middle English spouten, ultimately of imitative origin.] spout′er n.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | spouter - an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talkerbabbler, chatterer, prater, chatterbox, magpiespeaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, utterer - someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims" | | 2. | spouter - an oil well that is spoutingoil well, oiler - a well that yields or has yielded oil | | 3. | spouter - a spouting whalewhale - any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head | IdiomsSeespoutEncyclopediaSeeSpoutspouter Related to spouter: EuroclydonSynonyms for spouternoun an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talkerSynonyms- babbler
- chatterer
- prater
- chatterbox
- magpie
Related Words- speaker
- talker
- verbaliser
- verbalizer
- utterer
noun an oil well that is spoutingRelated Wordsnoun a spouting whaleRelated Words |