spoutverb
uk/spaʊt/us/spaʊt/spout verb (SPEAK)
[ T, I + adv/prep ] disapproving to speak a lot, in a way that is boring or annoying for other people:
He spouts a load of pretentious nonsense and people are stupid enough to believe him!
I really don't want to listen to Mike spouting on/off all afternoon.
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Ways of talking
- -mouthed
- babel
- blab
- blather
- croon
- declamatory
- drone
- drone on
- hold the floor idiom
- lyrical
- meanderings
- rabbit
- rabbit on
- sink to a whisper idiom
- tattle
- telegrammatic
- throw
- waffle
- whisper
- yap
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spout verb (FLOW)
[ I + adv/prep, T ] to flow or send out liquid or flames quickly and with force, in a straight line:
Flames spouted (out) from the oil wells.
The gash was spouting blood.
spoutnoun [ C ]
uk/spaʊt/us/spaʊt/spout noun [ C ] (OPENING)
a tube-shaped opening that allows liquids to be poured out of a container
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Edges & extremities of objects
- apex
- apices
- bevel
- border
- bottom
- brim
- crest
- edge
- framed
- fringe
- front
- head
- palm-fringed
- peripheral
- periphery
- rim
- skirt
- surmount
- tip
- vertex
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spout noun [ C ] (FLOW)
a stream of liquid coming out of something with some force:
A spout of water shot out of the geyser.
Idiom(s)
be up the spout
up the spout