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noun | verb spoutspout1 /spaʊt/ noun [countable] 1 a small tube or pipe on a container that you pour liquid out through: the spout of a teapot2a sudden strong stream of liquid that comes out of somewhere very fast → see also waterspout noun | verb spoutspout2 verb ETYMOLOGYspout2Origin: 1300-1400 Middle Dutch spouten VERB TABLEspout |
Present | I, you, we, they | spout | | he, she, it | spouts | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | spouted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have spouted | | he, she, it | has spouted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had spouted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will spout | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have spouted |
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Present | I | am spouting | | he, she, it | is spouting | | you, we, they | are spouting | Past | I, he, she, it | was spouting | | you, we, they | were spouting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been spouting | | he, she, it | has been spouting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been spouting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be spouting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been spouting |
1[intransitive always + adv./prep., transitive] if liquid or fire spouts from somewhere or something spouts it, it comes out very quickly in a powerful stream: A statue in the fountain was spouting water.spout from Oil continues to spout from the damaged well.2[intransitive, transitive] (also spout off) informal to talk a lot about something in a boring way, especially without thinking about what you are saying: He’s just spouting nonsense again.spout about We all had to listen to him spouting off about politics.3[intransitive] if a whale spouts, it sends out a stream of water from a hole in its head |