[spout] 
| 1. | to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet. |
| 2. | Informal. to state or declaim volubly or in an oratorical manner: He spouted his theories on foreign policy for the better part of the night. |
| 3. | to discharge, as a liquid, in a jet or continuous stream. |
| 4. | to issue forth with force, as liquid or other material through a narrow orifice. |
| 5. | Informal. to talk or speak at some length or in an oratorical manner. |
| 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. | a waterspout. |
| 9. | a continuous stream of liquid, granulated substance, etc., discharged from or as if from a pipe, tube, shoot, etc. |
| 10. | a spring of water. |
| 11. | a downpour or fall, esp. of water, from a high place; waterfall. |
| 12. | a dumbwaiter or chute, formerly common in pawnbrokers' shops, by which articles pawned were sent to another floor for storage. |
| 13. | British Slang. pawnshop. |
| 14. | up the spout, British Slang.
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