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spouting

spout·ing
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [spou-ting]
    • /ˈspaʊ tɪŋ/
    • /spaʊt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [spou-ting]
    • /ˈspaʊ tɪŋ/

Definitions of spouting word

  • noun spouting a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed. 1
  • noun spouting a trough or shoot for discharging or conveying grain, flour, etc. 1
  • noun spouting a waterspout. 1
  • noun spouting a continuous stream of liquid, granulated substance, etc., discharged from or as if from a pipe, tube, shoot, etc. 1
  • noun spouting a spring of water. 1
  • noun spouting a downpour or fall, especially of water, from a high place; waterfall. 1

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Origin of spouting

First appearance:

before 1870
One of the 26% newest English words
First recorded in 1870-75; spout + -ing1

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Parts of speech for Spouting

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

spouting popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

spouting usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for spouting

adj spouting

  • cursive — of or relating to handwriting in which letters are formed and joined in a rapid flowing style
  • flowing — moving in or as in a stream: flowing water.
  • fluidic — the technology dealing with the use of a flowing liquid or gas in various devices, especially controls, to perform functions usually performed by an electric current in electronic devices.
  • gushing — to flow out or issue suddenly, copiously, or forcibly, as a fluid from confinement: Water gushed from the broken pipe.
  • mouthing — the action of speaking in a meaningless, bombastic, or hypocritical manner.

noun spouting

  • declamation — a rhetorical or emotional speech, made esp in order to protest or condemn; tirade
  • harangue — a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.

Top questions with spouting

  • how to install spouting?
  • how to do water spouting?

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