noun
Meaning 1
Anything that spouts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
spouter
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noun
Meaning 2
Someone who rants or talks nonsense at length.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a spouter of hateful rhetoric
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noun
Meaning 3
A whale that breathes by spouting; especially a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 4
A vessel used in whaling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: whaleboat, whaleship, whaler
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noun
Meaning 5
A vessel used in whaling.
A person engaged in whaling; a skillful whaler.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, rare
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Synonyms: whaleboat, whaleship, whaler
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noun
Meaning 6
a spouting whale
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: whale
noun
Meaning 7
an oil well that is spouting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: oil well, oiler
noun
Meaning 8
an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chatterer, babbler, prater, chatterbox, magpie
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Broader terms: speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser
History
Etymology
From spout + -er.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Irish: roiseálaí — someone who talks nonsense at length