spouts 1 of 2

plural of spout
1
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 jets
a usually forceful stream of fluid discharged from a narrow opening kids cooling off under the spout of water from an opened fire hydrant

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spouts

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verb

present tense third-person singular of spout

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Recent Examples of spouts
Noun
Cascading waterfall spouts that line the middle of the pool, meantime, are specially angled to target stress points on your body. Tim Chan, HollywoodReporter, 12 July 2026 Some of the water spouts reached between 20 feet and 30 feet, geologists said. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 June 2026 Glorious sculptures entangled in water spouts were erected across the city over the next century. Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2026 Lids and spouts can quickly become traps for mold, bacteria, and grime, especially in hard-to-reach crevices. Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2026 The icebergs, the porpoising penguins, the whale spouts visible from the deck—the sensory experience accumulated quickly into something overwhelming. Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2026 The last step is to reattach your showerhead and turn on the water to flush any remaining vinegar from the spouts. Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 15 May 2026 For faucet handles and spouts, use a baking soda paste. Kate Van Pelt, The Spruce, 1 May 2026 Caps with drink holes or retractable spouts have a lot of surface area and tight spaces where germs and debris can build up. Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
Trish coined the nickname, which is funny because Cannon never spouts off. E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025 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
Noun
  • Rain barrel water, for example, is collected from rooftops and gutters where bird droppings and other contaminants may be present.
    Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
  • Other work includes upgrading traffic signals, improving sidewalks, curbs and gutters, adding new pavement markings and signs, and making utility adjustments.
    Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
Noun
  • Cheap Iranian drones have been effectively targeting American bases in the Persian Gulf, regardless of the patrolling of fancy F-35 jets.
    Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
  • The airline announced this week that every one of its new Airbus A321XLR jets, used for long-range flights, will include one Economy Plus row where the middle seat stays permanently empty.
    Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • And, Anthropic’s CEO pours $1 million into a PAC pushing AI regulation.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 16 July 2026
  • Down the rock at the Hôtel Hermitage Monte-Carlo, the dining room pours rosé from Bandol and from Bellet, a Niçoise appellation so small that barely anyone outside the region can name it.
    Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • One grumbles when the driver rants about development’s ravages.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This development forcibly ejects the mild-mannered mammal into both his parents’ den and the wild — literally — world of dating, where smelling suitors’ pee takes the place of an app profile.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 22 May 2026
  • At the same time, a salty liquid containing calcium chloride (a salt often used to de-ice roads) is pumped through the regenerator, which carries the heat away and ejects it to the surroundings on exit.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Advertisement The report contains clues about how Mozilla might be planning to sustain itself if the revenue streams from Firefox dry up.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 14 July 2026
  • The union is still negotiating an agreement with Universal Television’s The Four Seasons, which streams on Netflix.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • Lowry, in the meantime, would embark on a two-decade career in a league that spits out frauds on the regular.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
  • This week, Tyla gets in her feelings, Tierra Whack spits bars on a spritely beat, and Kelela slows it down on a lover’s lament that dates back to her debut album.
    Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • The 22-year-old was long considered ill-suited for grass, given how the surface dulls the athletic foundation of her game and rushes her forehand.
    Ava Wallace, New York Times, 9 July 2026
  • In particular, consumers should avoid peak sunset and dinner rushes for nonperishable goods.
    Christopher S. Tang, The Conversation, 8 July 2026

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