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单词 spouter
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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.
Thesaurus
Noun1.spouter - an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talkerspouter - 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
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spouter


Related to spouter: Euroclydon
  • noun

Synonyms for spouter

noun an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker

Synonyms

  • babbler
  • chatterer
  • prater
  • chatterbox
  • magpie

Related Words

  • speaker
  • talker
  • verbaliser
  • verbalizer
  • utterer

noun an oil well that is spouting

Related Words

  • oil well
  • oiler

noun a spouting whale

Related Words

  • whale
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