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spout

[spout] / spaʊt /


NOUN
projection though which water is ejected
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I don’t like to spout clichés, but you do have to put your own oxygen mask on first in this situation.

From MarketWatch Mar. 11, 2026

A spruce branch threaded through the spout as a filter.

From Salon Mar. 8, 2026

Social media created incentives for content creators to spout engagement-baiting nonsense.

From Slate Dec. 16, 2025

They’re filling plastic honey-bear bottles with coffee and adding a straw into the spout of the cover.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 7, 2025

I pull the ribbon from the spout and shove it into my bag, burying it beneath a graveyard of almost-used-up pencils, a sketchbook, and a pack of cinnamon chewing gum.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

During heavy rains, water spouts from the mouths of carved dragons on the corners of the roof.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

"Every year they do the same thing," he says, noting that supermarkets usually fight for customers with cut price "potatoes, carrots, parsnips, Brussels spouts".

From BBC Dec. 15, 2024

The bright orange-and-red water spouts off the cliff with the visual intensity of a raging forest fire.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 14, 2024

It is nutrient-packed, like the rest of its cruciferous brethren, yet it has not always garnered the same respect as cauliflower, Brussels spouts or even broccoli.

From Salon Mar. 14, 2024

These down spouts, through which the water from the roof fell to the ground, were carved to look like frightening creatures.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay

Executives at both OpenAI and Anthropic constantly spouted about the existential threat of artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

In April, at his first news conference since taking office, Kennedy spouted a fountain of misinformation about autism.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 25, 2025

It was a Leavitt classic: she spouted utter nonsense with total conviction.

From Salon Jun. 23, 2025

However, Hunga Tonga spouted an unusually high amount of water and low amount of cooling sulfur.

From Seattle Times Aug. 8, 2023

I hated the way they spouted water so easily, betraying me at every turn.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

But from my understanding, that’s exactly the kind of film Angel Studios is looking to distribute: a movie that seems like it’s saying something, when in reality, it’s spouting a whole lot of nothing.

From Salon May 3, 2026

Forever spouting hilariously wrong theories about the Traitors, I started to feel bad for him when his teammates made fun of him as he sang backwards lullabies played by creepy dolls.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 23, 2025

And rather than fly under the radar, Marler took the risk of spouting his theories openly, and was arguably the most bullish at the roundtables, even managing to ruffle Carr's feathers.

From BBC Nov. 7, 2025

At the same time, she is also uninterested in spouting the uplifting banalities that can make some celebrities seem calculated, as if every setback is just a marketing opportunity in disguise.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 29, 2025

He's only in the door three seconds before he starts spouting some theory about spectral analysis and the refractive indices of protein substances, and he's carrying a big box full of books and papers.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements




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