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verb (used with object)
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.
verb (used without object)
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.
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is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
noun
Idiom6.
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.
EXPANDa spring of water.
14.
up the spout, British Slang.
a.
pawned.
b.
in a desperate situation; beyond help: His financial affairs are up the spout.
Origin:
1300–50; (v.) Middle English spouten; cognate with Dutch spuiten; akin to Old Norse spȳta to spit1; (noun) Middle English spowt(e) pipe, akin to the noun
1300–50; (v.) Middle English spouten; cognate with Dutch spuiten; akin to Old Norse spȳta to spit1; (noun) Middle English spowt(e) pipe, akin to the noun
Related forms
spout·er, noun
spout·less, adjective
spout·like, adjective
Synonyms
3, 4. squirt, stream, pour. See flow. 5. declaim, rant, harangue, speechify. 6. nozzle, nose.
3, 4. squirt, stream, pour. See flow. 5. declaim, rant, harangue, speechify. 6. nozzle, nose.
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Word Origin & History
spout
early 14c., related to M.Du. spoiten "to spout," N.Fris. spütji "spout, squirt," Swed. sputa "to spout," and probably M.Du. spuwen "to spit" (see spew). Meaning "to talk, declaim" is recorded from 1610s. The noun is first recorded late 14c. It was the slang term for the
EXPANDlift in a pawnbroker's shop, up which articles were taken for storage, hence fig. phrase up the spout "lost, hopeless, gone beyond recall" (1812).
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