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as in gutters
a pipe or channel for carrying off water from a roof
during the winter, runoff from the spout tends to freeze over and form a dangerous patch of ice on the walkway
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as in pours
to flow out in great quantities or with force
water spouting from the hose
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as in huffs
to talk loudly and wildly
a self-important loudmouth who is always spouting about the mess that politicians have made of everything
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as in ejects
to violently throw out or off (something from within)
the drain suddenly spouted water and debris
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Recent Examples of spouts
Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Sure enough, upon arriving, Phelps noticed spouts of water rising from the sea.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
Since the reward switched between spouts, the mice had to adjust their strategy to get it right.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
Cleaning Bar Tools Beyond Glassware For other types of bar tools like shakers, jiggers, pour spouts, and metal utensils, rinse thoroughly after use and wash with a mild detergent.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
The old irrigation system was updated with spouts in each garden bed.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Sure enough, upon arriving, Phelps noticed spouts of water rising from the sea.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
Since the reward switched between spouts, the mice had to adjust their strategy to get it right.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
Cleaning Bar Tools Beyond Glassware For other types of bar tools like shakers, jiggers, pour spouts, and metal utensils, rinse thoroughly after use and wash with a mild detergent.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
Though the dream stalker is genuinely terrifying in the 1984 original, his cultural ubiquity grew as the character became less of a boogeyman than a kind of homicidal jester, one who spouts groan-worthy one-liners before spilling your guts.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spouts
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Residents who live on private streets and properties without curbs or gutters don’t qualify for a visit from the Claw.—
Sarah Linn
November 5,
Sacbee.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Beyond pipe replacements, some residents on the east side have been waiting for the city to add sidewalks and underground gutters as many communities still have a ditch gutter system to manage the water, which can be problematic for nearby homes due to flooding risk.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
29 Oct. 2025
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The list includes passenger airports, airline hubs, airports with heavy cargo traffic also Teterboro, New York, which CBS says is frequented by private jets and other general aviation traffic.—
Cheryl Vari,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Nov. 2025
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Blazar is the name given to AFNs that point one of these jets of plasma right at Earth.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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The nozzle pours a thick stream of concrete while gliding precisely on its course, stacking each layer, one after another, about an inch thick.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Jane pours another glass of wine.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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If the battery overheats, the system acts like a launcher; sensors trigger a mechanism that ejects it from the vehicle.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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As a supernova explosion ejects the outer layers of these stars, their stellar cores collapse.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
25 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Grant soon moved on, partnering with Gaia, a media company that streams content about alternative medicine and spirituality, to offer another version of his AI model.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
11 Nov. 2025
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The reemergence of trade protectionism is also choking the revenue streams poorer nations rely on to fund food and other essential imports.—
ARIF HUSAIN,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Nov. 2025
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And his ultimate war is with Bob, a tech CEO who rants about his haters and has gotten rich off rebranded snake oil and whose obvious corruption has been obscured by his self-mythologizing.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
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One grumbles when the driver rants about development’s ravages.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
10 Aug. 2025
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The day of the invasion had been thick with heat, the kind that made the air above the sidewalk kebab spits ripple with diesel smoke.—
Vidushi Mishti Sharma,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
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But the ocean spits her back out.—
Matthew Jacobs,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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The third-year running back was in the midst of a quiet season, getting just three rushes for six yards across three games.—
Noah Camras,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Like all sugar rushes, the high fades fast and you’re left with a stomachache.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Spouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spouts. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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