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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
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
Try searching for your own micrometeorites by collecting particulates from roofs or drain spouts.
—Heather Barker, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2026
Jefferson alumni Ed Garza ’86 and David Segura ’67 helped narrow it down to the early-to-mid 1930s, given the presence of three frog water spouts – later long-lost – and the absence of a surrounding fish pond installed a few years later.
—Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Feb. 2026
The generous co-ed area has an aromatherapy room; infrared saunas; a snow shower, chilled to 14 degrees, that spouts icy flakes; a cold plunge; and a lap-pool-size jacuzzi.
—Roger Kisby, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
Basement moisture can come from multiple sources, and inspectors often look closely at common entry points like grading, gutters, and down spouts that direct water toward the foundation.
—Allison Palmer
updated February 19, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026
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
Noun
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
Try searching for your own micrometeorites by collecting particulates from roofs or drain spouts.
—Heather Barker, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2026
Jefferson alumni Ed Garza ’86 and David Segura ’67 helped narrow it down to the early-to-mid 1930s, given the presence of three frog water spouts – later long-lost – and the absence of a surrounding fish pond installed a few years later.
—Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Feb. 2026
The generous co-ed area has an aromatherapy room; infrared saunas; a snow shower, chilled to 14 degrees, that spouts icy flakes; a cold plunge; and a lap-pool-size jacuzzi.
—Roger Kisby, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
Basement moisture can come from multiple sources, and inspectors often look closely at common entry points like grading, gutters, and down spouts that direct water toward the foundation.
—Allison Palmer
updated February 19, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 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
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When on a ladder, use a four-prong garden tool in a plowing motion to push leaves out of gutters.—
Emerson Latham,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 May 2026
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Crews also will be replacing underground utilities, and constructing curbs and gutters, between 16th Street and 24th Street in Fruitland, and between 3rd Avenue and 6th Avenue in Payette, the release said.—
Rachel Roberts,
Idaho Statesman,
29 May 2026
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Set the scene Hamilton Island is undoubtedly the most glamorous in the archipelago, thanks to its high-end clientele who dock their yachts at the marina or land their jets at the Whitsundays’ only island airport.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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New radar and missile systems boost combat capability The Halcon I jets bring in new technology not seen on Spain’s earlier Eurofighters.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
2 June 2026
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The damage to the concrete apron is not yet known; nor is the condition of the deluge system that pours up to a million gallons of water on the pad during launch to protect it from the heat of New Glenn’s engines and dampen the acoustical shock of a liftoff.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
29 May 2026
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Meta is cutting 8,000 positions while Mark Zuckerberg pours billions into AI.—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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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
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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
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The series, which aired on NBC from 2021-24, also streams on Peacock.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2026
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The program streams live Monday through Thursday.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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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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Spader’s character spits out a reprimand.—
Michael Scherer,
The Atlantic,
24 May 2026
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Between archival footage and photos of Lennon and Ono, there are dozens of jarring, ugly visuals, seemingly generated by entering Ono and Lennon’s dialogue into a machine that spits out bizarrely literal interpretations of text.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
22 May 2026
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Carolina are a force, but their style does actually surrender odd man rushes, etc.—
Pierre LeBrun,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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After spending much of the season together in Italy wth Claude’s family, their future plans are suddenly thrown into question when Danny rushes back to Philly after his mother is hospitalized.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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“Spouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spouts. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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