Found 5 hits - Term: spout, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
spout \spout\ spout, v. t. imp. p. p. spouted; p. pr.
vb. n. spouting. cf. sw. sputa, spruta, to spout, d.
spuit a spout, spuiten to spout, and e. spurt, sprit, v.,
sprout, sputter; or perhaps akin to e. spit to eject from the
mouth.
1. to throw out forcibly and abundantly, as liquids through
an orifice or a pipe; to eject in a jet; as, an elephant
spouts water from his trunk.
1913 webster
who kept jonas in the fish's maw
till he was spouted up at ninivee? --chaucer.
1913 webster
next on his belly floats the mighty whale . . .
he spouts the tide. --creech.
1913 webster
2. to utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or
pompous manner.
1913 webster
pray, spout some french, son. --beau. fl.
1913 webster
3. to pawn; to pledge; as, to spout a watch. cant
1913 webster
see also:
spouted spouting
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
spout \spout\, v. i.
1. to issue with violence, or in a jet, as a liquid through a
narrow orifice, or from a spout; as, water spouts from a
hole; blood spouts from an artery.
1913 webster
all the glittering hill
is bright with spouting rills. --thomson.
1913 webster
2. to eject water or liquid in a jet.
1913 webster
3. to utter a speech, especially in a pompous manner.
1913 webster
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
spout \spout\, n. cf. sw. spruta a squirt, a syringe. see
spout, v. t.
1. that through which anything spouts; a discharging lip,
pipe, or orifice; a tube, pipe, or conductor of any kind
through which a liquid is poured, or by which it is
conveyed in a stream from one place to another; as, the
spout of a teapot; a spout for conducting water from the
roof of a building. --addison. "a conduit with three
issuing spouts." --shak.
1913 webster
in whales . . . an ejection thereof water is
contrived by a fistula, or spout, at the head. --sir
t. browne.
1913 webster
from silver spouts the grateful liquors glide.
--pope.
1913 webster
2. a trough for conducting grain, flour, etc., into a
receptacle.
1913 webster
3. a discharge or jet of water or other liquid, esp. when
rising in a column; also, a waterspout.
1913 webster
to put up the spout, to shove up the spout, or to pop up
the spout, to pawn or pledge at a pawnbroker's; -- in
allusion to the spout up which the pawnbroker sent the
ticketed articles. cant
1913 webster
see also:
spout to put up the spout to shove up the spout to pop up the spout
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
spout
n : an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain
v 1: gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; "water gushed forth"
syn: spurt, spirt, gush
2: talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner syn: rant,
mouth off, jabber, rabbit on, rave
see also:
spurt spirt gush rant mouth off jabber
rabbit on rave
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
278 moby thesaurus words for "spout":
anabasis, ascension, ascent, avenue, babble, beak, belch, blab,
blabber, blather, blether, blow open, blow out, blowhole, blowout,
bond, bottomry, brash, break out, burst forth, burst of rain,
burst out, carry on, cascade, cast forth, cataract, channel, chat,
chatter, chute, clack, clamber, clatter, climb, climbing,
cloudburst, conduit, debate, debouch, decant, declaim, deluge,
demagogue, deposit, destroyed, dip, discharge, disembogue,
disgorge, disgorgement, dither, door, downfall, downflow, downpour,
downspout, drain, drain out, drencher, duct, egress, ejaculate,
ejaculation, eject, elevation, elocute, emission, emit, empty,
emunctory, eruct, eructation, erupt, eruption, escalade, escape,
estuary, exhaust, exit, expatiate, expel, expulsion, extravasate,
extravasation, falls, find vent, flood, floodgate, flow, flow out,
flume, flush, font, force, fount, fountain, gab, gabble, gargoyle,
gas, geyser, gibber, gibble-gabble, go bail, go on, gone, gossip,
grimace, gush, gush out, gushing rain, gyring up, ham, ham it up,
handsel, harangue, haver, heavy rain, hock, hold forth, hurl forth,
hypothecate, impignorate, increase, jabber, jaw, jet, jump, leap,
levitation, loophole, lost, mortgage, mount, mounting, mouth, mug,
natter, opening, orate, out, out-herod herod, outburst, outcome,
outfall, outflow, outgate, outgo, outlet, outpour, overact,
overdramatize, palaver, patter, pawn, perorate, plash, play,
pledge, pontificate, pop, pore, port, post, pour, pour forth,
pour out, prate, prattle, put in hock, put in pawn, put up,
rabble-rouse, rainburst, rainspout, rainstorm, ramble on, rant,
rattle, rattle on, rave, read, recite, reel off, rise, rising,
roar, rocketing up, rodomontade, run on, run out, rush, sally port,
saltation, scud, send forth, send out, shoot, shooting up, sluice,
sluice out, soaker, soaking rain, soaring, spate, speechify, spew,
spew out, spiel, spiracle, spit, spout off, spout out, spouter,
spray, spring, spritz, spurt, spurtle, squirt, stake, stream,
surge, takeoff, taking off, talk, talk away, talk nonsense,
talk on, tap, throw away, throw out, tittle-tattle,
torrent of rain, tub-thump, twaddle, twattle, underact,
up the spout, upclimb, upcoming, updraft, upgang, upgo, upgoing,
upgrade, upgrowth, uphill, upleap, uplift, upping, uprisal, uprise,
uprising, uprush, upshoot, upslope, upsurge, upsurgence, upsweep,
upswing, vault, vent, ventage, venthole, vomit, vomit forth,
vomit out, vomitory, waffle, waterspout, way out, weir, well,
well out, yak, yakkety-yak, zooming
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http://www.skispoutsprings.com/, score=100, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 8:24 pm SPOUT - ONE HELL OF A POPULAR UNDERDOG - POST MODERN ROCK OUT OF NASHVILLE TN
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http://www.spout.biz/, score=95, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 6:34 am Re: bathtub spout leak
...I thought the spout was screwed on, but if I try to unscrew the spout it just spins around.....I thought the spout was screwed on, but if I try to unscrew the spout it just spins around.....Our bathtub spout has a small leak,when the faucet is turned on, on it's under-side..
http://www.terrylove.com/wwwboard/messages2/23422.html, score=47, date indexed=January 22, 2005, 11:39 am Re: swiveling spout
...We are now unable to use the water filter that attaches to the spout since its weight.....Do you know of a fix for this or how we might be able to obtain a spout that doesn't.....We are now unable to use the water filter that attaches to the spout since its weight..
http://www.terrylove.com/wwwboard/messages2/29500.html, score=47, date indexed=January 22, 2005, 12:03 pm bathtub spout leak
...I thought the spout was screwed on, but if I try to unscrew the spout it just spins around.....I thought the spout was screwed on, but if I try to unscrew the spout it just spins around.....Our bathtub spout has a small leak,when the faucet is turned on, on it's under-side..
http://www.terrylove.com/wwwboard/messages2/23402.html, score=46, date indexed=January 22, 2005, 7:43 pm Re: Trouble removing tub spout
...Turns out the female socket at the mouth of the spout had separated from the spout itself, but not enough to let me.....Turns out the female socket at the mouth of the spout had separated from the spout itself, but not enough to let me.....spout.We sawed through the plastic spout halfway (taking care not to saw into the copper..
http://www.terrylove.com/wwwboard/messages2/48748.html, score=45, date indexed=January 16, 2005, 12:30 pm bath tub spout problems
...I tried to unscrew the spout counterclock wise, but it didn't budge.It doesn't have a.....I tried to unscrew the spout counterclock wise, but it didn't budge.It doesn't have a.....I am trying to replace an old crane bath tub spout. The shower diverter pin has broken off..
http://www.terrylove.com/wwwboard/messages2/43735.html, score=44, date indexed=January 22, 2005, 2:06 am Re: swiveling spout
...We are now unable to use the water filter that attaches to the spout since its weight.....Do you know of a fix for this or how we might be able to obtain a spout that doesn't.....We are now unable to use the water filter that attaches to the spout since its weight..
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