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spout /spowt/ transitive verb- To throw out in a jet
- To declaim
- To pawn (obs sl)
intransitive verb- To issue in a jet
- To blow as a whale
- To declaim (derogatory)
noun- A projecting lip or tube for discharging liquid from a container, a roof, etc
- A gush, discharge, or jet
- An undivided waterfall
- A waterspout
- The blowing or the blowhole of a whale
- A chute
- A lift in a pawnshop (obsolete)
- Hence, a pawnshop (obsolete)
ORIGIN: ME spouten; cf Du spuiten to spout, ON spȳta to spit spoutˈer noun - Someone who, or that which, spouts
- A declaimer
- A spouting oil well
- A spouting whale
- A whaling-ship
spoutˈing noun - The action of the verb
- A rainwater downpipe or the system of rainwater downpipes on the outside of a building (NZ)
spoutˈless adjective spoutˈy adjective spoutˈ-hole noun A blowhole up the spout (slang) - Pawned
- Failed, gone wrong, ruined
- Pregnant
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