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- [spout]
- /spaʊt/
- /spaʊt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [spout]
- /spaʊt/
Definitions of spout word
- verb with object spout to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet. 1
- verb with object spout 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. 1
- verb without object spout to discharge, as a liquid, in a jet or continuous stream. 1
- verb without object spout to issue forth with force, as liquid or other material through a narrow orifice. 1
- verb without object spout Informal. to talk or speak at some length or in an oratorical manner. 1
- noun spout a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed. 1
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Origin of spout
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
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
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Parts of speech for Spout
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
spout popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
spout usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for spout
verb spout
- address — Your address is the number of the house, flat, or apartment and the name of the street and the town where you live or work.
- apostrophize — to address an apostrophe to
- barged — a capacious, flat-bottomed vessel, usually intended to be pushed or towed, for transporting freight or passengers; lighter.
- bloviate — to talk at length, esp in an insubstantial but inflated manner
- blow one's top — to lose one's temper
noun spout
- bibb — a wooden support on a mast for the trestletrees
- bibcock — a tap having a nozzle bent downwards and supplied from a horizontal pipe
- bubbler — a drinking fountain in which the water is forced in a stream from a small vertical nozzle
- conduit — A conduit is a small tunnel, pipe, or channel through which water or electrical wires go.
- dale — A dale is a valley.
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