v. 1 discharge, emit, squirt, spurt, jet, shoot, gush, erupt, spew (up or out or forth), spit, eject, disgorge, vomit (up or forth), pour (out or forth), flow, stream Steam spouts from many vents in Iceland The water came spouting out of the hose and drenched me. 2 ramble on, rant, rave, carry on, pontificate, orate, declaim, hold forth, maunder (on), witter on, hold forth, expatiate, speechify, talk, Colloq go on, Brit rabbit on Harry, as usual, was spouting about his golf handicap
n. 3 waterspout, gargoyle, downspout, duct, drain, outlet, conduit The rainwater drains into the gutters, then into the spouts 4 up the spout. gone, lost, destroyed, beyond hope or recovery, to be written off or abandoned Our dream of finding the treasure was now up the spout