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spout

noun · verb · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /spaʊt/
  • Canada: /spʌʊt/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aʊt
  • CMU ARPABET: S P AW1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I dropped my china teapot, and its spout broke.
  • I put a spout in the maple tree to collect its sap

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A waterspout (“channel through which water is discharged, especially from the gutters of a roof”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A stream or discharge of liquid, typically with some degree of force.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A stream of water that falls from higher to lower; a (typically thin) waterfall.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A similar stream or fall of earth, rock, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A waterspout (“whirlwind or tornado that forms over water”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

The mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A hollow stump formed when a tree branch breaks off.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To gush forth in a jet or stream

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • Water spouts from a hole.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To eject water or liquid in a jet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

Examples

  • The whale spouted.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To speak tediously or pompously.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To pawn; to pledge.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, slang, transitive

Examples

  • to spout a watch

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: opening

Narrower terms: gargoyle, nozzle, nose

15

verb

Meaning 15

talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rant, mouth off, jabber, rabbit on, rave

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise

16

verb

Meaning 16

gush forth in a sudden stream or jet

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • water gushed forth

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: spurt, spirt, gush

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pour

Narrower terms: pump, blow, whoosh

History

Etymology

From Middle English spouten, from Middle Dutch spoiten, spouten (> Dutch spuiten (“to spout”)), from Old Dutch *spūten, *spīuten, *spīwetten, from Proto-West Germanic *spīwattjan, from Proto-Germanic *spīwatjaną. Compare Swedish spruta (“squirt, syringe”). See also spit, spew.

Across languages

Translations

160 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ծորակ (corak) — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Armenian: քիթ (kʻitʻ) — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Azerbaijani: lülək — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Azerbaijani: lülə — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Bashkir: һемәк (hemək) — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Bulgarian: чучур (čučur) — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Catalan: broc — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嘴子 (zuǐzi) — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Czech: hubice — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Czech: hubička — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Czech: odtok — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Czech: výpust — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Dutch: tuit — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Faroese: tútur — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Finnish: nokka — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Finnish: kaatonokka — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • French: bec verseur — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Galician: cano — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Galician: torno — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Galician: bico — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Galician: biqueira — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • German: Tülle — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • German: Ausguss — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • German: Schnabel — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • German: Auslauf — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • German: Schnaupe — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • German: Schnauze — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • German: Auslaufrohr — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • German: Ausgießer — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • German: Wasserspeier — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • German: Ausgusstülle — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • German: Ausgießtülle — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • German: Ausgussschnabel — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • German: Atemloch — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Hawaiian: nuku — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Hungarian: kifolyócső — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Hungarian: kifolyó — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Italian: beccuccio — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Japanese: 噴出口 (funshutsuguchi) — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Latin: canālis — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Malay: cerat — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Malay: muncung — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Māori: kōrere — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Māori: ngutu — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Persian: چرنه (čorne) — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Persian: نول (nul) — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Polish: dzióbek — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Polish: wylew — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Portuguese: bico — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Portuguese: bica — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Portuguese: biqueira — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Rarotongan: ngutu — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Romanian: gurgui — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Russian: но́сик (nósik) — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Russian: го́рлышко (górlyško) — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Spanish: pico — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Spanish: pitorro — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Spanish: boquilla — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Swedish: pip — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Swedish: tut — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Swedish: snip — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Turkish: uç (of a teapot) — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Turkish: masura — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Ottoman Turkish: ماسوره (masura, masra) — a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged
  • Azerbaijani: lülə — a stream of liquid
  • Bulgarian: сътуя (sǎtuja) — a stream of liquid
  • Catalan: raig — a stream of liquid
  • Chinese Mandarin: 噴射 /喷射 (pēnshè) — a stream of liquid
  • Czech: proud — a stream of liquid
  • Czech: výtrysk (kapaliny) — a stream of liquid
  • Finnish: suihku — a stream of liquid
  • Finnish: vesipatsas — a stream of liquid
  • Finnish: vesisuihku — a stream of liquid
  • French: jet — a stream of liquid
  • German: Ausfluss — a stream of liquid
  • German: Auslauf — a stream of liquid
  • German: Fluss — a stream of liquid
  • German: Strom — a stream of liquid
  • German: Flüssigkeitsstrom — a stream of liquid
  • German: Fontäne — a stream of liquid
  • German: Spritzer — a stream of liquid
  • Italian: getto — a stream of liquid
  • Japanese: 噴射 (funsha) — a stream of liquid
  • Māori: puahiritanga — a stream of liquid
  • Polish: strumień — a stream of liquid
  • Polish: struga — a stream of liquid
  • Portuguese: jorro — a stream of liquid
  • Russian: струя́ (strujá) — a stream of liquid
  • Russian: пото́к (potók) — a stream of liquid
  • Spanish: chorro — a stream of liquid
  • Swedish: stråle — a stream of liquid
  • Catalan: brollador — the mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale
  • Finnish: suihku — the mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale
  • Finnish: vesisuihku — the mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale
  • French: souffle — the mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale
  • German: Blas — the mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale
  • Māori: pupuha — the mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale
  • Polish: fontanna — the mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale
  • Portuguese: borrifo — the mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale
  • Russian: фонта́н (fontán) — the mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale
  • Russian: струя́ (strujá) — the mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale
  • Spanish: chorro — the mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale
  • Bulgarian: бликам (blikam) — to gush forth in a stream
  • Bulgarian: шуртя (šurtja) — to gush forth in a stream
  • Chinese Mandarin: 噴出 /喷出 (pēnchū) — to gush forth in a stream
  • Chinese Mandarin: 噴放 /喷放 (pēnfàng) — to gush forth in a stream
  • Chinese Mandarin: 噴 /喷 (pēn) — to gush forth in a stream
  • Czech: chrlit — to gush forth in a stream
  • Czech: stříkat — to gush forth in a stream
  • Czech: prýštit — to gush forth in a stream
  • Dutch: spuiten — to gush forth in a stream
  • Finnish: suihkuttaa — to gush forth in a stream
  • Finnish: syöstä — to gush forth in a stream
  • French: jaillir — to gush forth in a stream
  • Galician: arreitar — to gush forth in a stream
  • German: speien — to gush forth in a stream
  • German: spritzen — to gush forth in a stream
  • German: herausspritzen — to gush forth in a stream
  • Icelandic: spúa — to gush forth in a stream
  • Italian: sgorgare — to gush forth in a stream
  • Italian: zampillare — to gush forth in a stream
  • Japanese: 噴き出す (fukidasu) — to gush forth in a stream
  • Japanese: 噴く (fuku) — to gush forth in a stream
  • Malay: cerat — to gush forth in a stream
  • Malay: pancut — to gush forth in a stream
  • Māori: pipiha — to gush forth in a stream
  • Polish: lać się — to gush forth in a stream
  • Polish: chlustać — to gush forth in a stream
  • Polish: chlusnąć — to gush forth in a stream
  • Polish: tryskać — to gush forth in a stream
  • Polish: trysnąć — to gush forth in a stream
  • Portuguese: jorrar — to gush forth in a stream
  • Quechua: ch'iwkachiy — to gush forth in a stream
  • Quechua: pukyuy — to gush forth in a stream
  • Russian: струи́ться (struítʹsja) — to gush forth in a stream
  • Russian: бры́згать (brýzgatʹ) — to gush forth in a stream
  • Russian: бить струёй (bitʹ strujój) — to gush forth in a stream
  • Russian: заби́ть струёй (zabítʹ strujój) — to gush forth in a stream
  • Russian: выбра́сывать струёй (vybrásyvatʹ strujój) — to gush forth in a stream
  • Russian: вы́бросить струёй (výbrositʹ strujój) — to gush forth in a stream
  • Russian: хлы́нуть (xlýnutʹ) — to gush forth in a stream
  • Spanish: chorrear — to gush forth in a stream
  • Bulgarian: ораторствам (oratorstvam) — to speak tediously and at length
  • Czech: žvanit — to speak tediously and at length
  • Czech: kecat — to speak tediously and at length
  • Czech: mlít — to speak tediously and at length
  • Finnish: paasata — to speak tediously and at length
  • Finnish: jaaritella — to speak tediously and at length
  • French: palabrer — to speak tediously and at length
  • Galician: parolar — to speak tediously and at length
  • German: palavern — to speak tediously and at length
  • German: quatschen — to speak tediously and at length
  • German: von sich geben — to speak tediously and at length
  • Polish: rozwodzić się — to speak tediously and at length
  • Polish: wygłaszać — to speak tediously and at length
  • Polish: wygłosić — to speak tediously and at length
  • Polish: rozgadywać się — to speak tediously and at length
  • Polish: rozgadać się — to speak tediously and at length
  • Russian: разглаго́льствовать (razglagólʹstvovatʹ) — to speak tediously and at length
  • Spanish: perorar — to speak tediously and at length
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