as in to shout
to voice one's opinions freely with force
got in trouble for spouting off in class in a disrespectful way
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spout (off)
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Hasselbeck shouted in response, while the episode was edited to have her and O’Donnell on the screen side-by-side.—
Katherine Schaffstall,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025 -
The away supporters at Molineux did not have much else to shout about until the Dutch central defender’s 86th-minute header rescued a 1-1 draw against Wolverhampton Wanderers, who remain winless at the foot of the table.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Bridges also isn’t the only big star who’s spoken up about ICE recently.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
8 Oct. 2025
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That’s why doctors stress the importance of staying on top of screenings and speaking up if something seems off.—
Korin Miller,
Flow Space,
7 Oct. 2025
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Love Is Blind star Nick Amato is speaking out after facing backlash for his comments about potentially having LGBTQ+ children.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
7 Oct. 2025
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Norton fears she could be laid off during the shutdown or fired for speaking out.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
7 Oct. 2025
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In a clip shared exclusively with PEOPLE, Van Dyke recalled crying when the Sherman Brothers first played the now-iconic songs for him.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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While naysayers may argue Dalio is the boy who cried wolf, his caution has paid off in the past.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Bill Walsh used to yell at Joe Montana if the bomb wasn’t one yard out from the body and chest high to a receiver on the dead run at the catch point.—
Michael Salfino,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Of course, Tom finds him first and inanely yells his name across the ravine.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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While associated with left-wing causes such as the Green New Deal, Markey can also talk up his working-class roots.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Oct. 2025
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Here are some of the products Berkley and company talked up on the livestream, deserving prime real estate on your bathroom counter and inside your makeup bag.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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Republican Senators Rand Paul and Ted Cruz piped up in defense of Kimmel’s right to free speech without governmental interference.—
Sarah Stankorb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Younger Republican voters and GOP contrarians are piping up to challenge the broad consensus in the Republican Party that has been in lockstep with policy on Israel.—
Kristina Karisch,
The Hill,
19 Aug. 2025
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In chatty columns for the school paper, the Bowdoin Orient, Mamdani regularly sounded off on the topics of the day.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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Earlier in the year, Kennedy’s nephew Jack Schlossberg sounded off on social media that the family had not been consulted about the project.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Spout (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spout%20%28off%29. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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