spout
spout /spaʊt/ noun [countable]
spout verb
لوله، دهانه، شیراب، ناودان، جوش، غلیان، پرش، جهش کردن، پریدن، فواره زدن، فوران کردن، علوم مهندسی: ناودان، معماری: لوله خروجی
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Synonyms & Related Words spout[verb]Synonyms: stream, discharge, gush, shoot, spray, spurt, surge
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English Dictionary I. spout1 /spaʊt/
noun [countable]1. a small pipe on the side of a container that you pour liquid out through
2. spout of water/blood etc a sudden strong stream of liquid which comes out of somewhere very fast ⇒
waterspout(1)
3. up the spout British English informal if something is up the spout, it is completely wrong or has failed completely:
The computer’s up the spout! My plans for the weekend seem to have gone up the spout. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. spout2 verb[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Middle Dutch;
Origin: spouten]
1. a) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if liquid or fire spouts from somewhere, it comes out very quickly in a powerful stream
Synonym : spurtspout from Blood was spouting from the wound in her arm. b) [transitive] to send out liquid or flames very quickly in a powerful stream:
a volcano spouting lava2. (
also spout off)
[intransitive and transitive] informal to talk a lot about something in a boring or annoying way:
My father was spouting his usual nonsense! I hate it when he spouts off like that!spout about I’m tired of listening to Jim spouting about politics.3. [intransitive] if a
whale spouts, it sends out a stream of water from a hole in its head
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