spout (off)

verb

Definition of spout (off)next
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)
  1. shout
  2. speak up
  3. speak out
  4. cry
  5. yell
  6. talk up
  7. pipe up
  8. sound off
Verb
  • Marisa Ansaldo had collapsed and someone had shouted out to call an ambulance.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
  • As for other mentors in the music industry, Thomas, who won his first three Grammys earlier in 2026, also shouted out Ty Dolla $ign.
    — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of shout
Verb
  • The generation that has encountered the impact of social media on their own and their friends’ mental and physical wellbeing is speaking up, loud and clear.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The loudest voices claiming to champion women suddenly lose interest the moment women speak up about the risks of ignoring biological reality.
    — Payton McNabb OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of speak up
Verb
  • Jeremy Strong is speaking out on portraying Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Aaron Sorkin‘s forthcoming film, The Social Reckoning.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Parents in the Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, school district spoke out at a school board meeting Tuesday night in the wake of a hazing investigation into the high school football program.
    — Chilekasi Adele, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of speak out
Verb
  • Students streamed out of the Debsirin Nonthaburi School, on the capital's northwestern outskirts, as the wounded were loaded on to ambulances and teachers hugged each other and cried.
    — Chalinee Thirasupa, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Once at the station, Komoroski is seen at first refusing to sit and once seated, starts to cry.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of cry
Verb
  • Video that the teen lobster diver's family shared with ABC Miami affiliate WSVN allegedly shows Simpson swimming away from the third lung and back to the Contender vessel as people on Del Sol's boat began yelling and cursing at him.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • One of them confronted Wesley, who allegedly began to yell at the other counselor and demanded to know what was going on.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of yell
Verb
  • In a timely interview with Mel as the festival began on Wednesday, Nazzaro talked up The Green Eyes, a pic from Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh’s that addresses deportation.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
  • With yesterday's Fauci fiasco behind us, all the talk up here on the Hill is about Todd Blanche.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 30 July 2026
Definition of talk up
Verb
  • Every time a restaurant or other small business announces its closure, people pipe up on social media about what the business owner should have done to be successful.
    — Gregg Olsen, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • He was accused of hitting a man in the back of the head with a metal pipe inside the victim’s girlfriend’s home, then shoving the victim up against the wall and pushing the pipe up against his neck.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 15 June 2026
Definition of pipe up
Verb
  • During a virtual listening session hosted last week by the inspector general’s office, dozens of people sounded off on the department’s use of Flock cameras.
    — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Other members of the cast have sounded off about Sheridan’s writing for the series in recent weeks.
    — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of sound off
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“Spout (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spout%20%28off%29. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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