transcription, транскрипция: [ spaʊt ]
( spouts, spouting, spouted)
1.
If something spouts liquid or fire, or if liquid or fire spout out of something, it comes out very quickly with a lot of force.
He replaced the boiler when the last one began to spout flames...
The main square has a fountain that spouts water 40 feet into the air...
In a storm, water spouts out of the blowhole just like a whale.
VERB : V n , V n prep , V adv / prep
2.
A spout of liquid is a long stream of it which is coming out of something very forcefully.
= jet
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3.
If you say that a person spouts something, you disapprove of them because they say something which you do not agree with or which you think they do not honestly feel.
He used his column to spout ill-informed criticism of the Scots rugby team.
VERB : V n [ disapproval ]
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Spout forth and spout off mean the same as spout .
...an estate agent spouting forth about houses...
PHRASAL VERB : V P about n
4.
A spout is a long, hollow part of a container through which liquids can be poured out easily.
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