as in gutter
a pipe or channel for carrying off water from a roof the waterspout became clogged, and then the roof leaked

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Recent Examples of waterspout Every year, in Yoro, Honduras, for example, fish rain down on the city thought to have been sucked into waterspouts. Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025 Video footage of the waterspout and photos of the destruction at Paw Paw Point were reviewed and verified by the NWS. Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 15 July 2025 The National Weather Service issued several urgent Special Marine Warnings early Wednesday morning for Florida amid severe thunderstorms capable of generating waterspouts and damaging wind gusts. Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025 Falling off the wind to sail around the waterspout. Stephen Colbert, Outside Online, 5 Apr. 2011 See All Example Sentences for waterspout
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gutter
Noun
  • Krasznahorkai eventually found a global cult audience, who recognized his distinct ability to cloak anomie, violence, and resignation, smudged with a kind of gutter comedy, within a labyrinthine syntax.
    Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Mosquitoes need water to breed, so limit standing water around your home by cleaning gutters and downspouts, removing leaves from low-lying areas and draining dishes under flower pots after rainstorms.
    Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Waterspout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waterspout. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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