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
Some of the pouring spouts are also located on the side of the lid instead of on top. Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026 Splash about in North America’s largest wave pool as a shipwrecked vessel spouts water overhead at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon. Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2026 And teach kids not to drink from the pool or treat splash-pad spouts like drinking fountains. Angela Haupt, Time, 20 July 2026 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
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
  • Keep gutters clean and ensure water flows away from your home to prevent foundation damage and basement flooding.
    Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Artificial snow is piled up in their gutters, smoke seems to billow from the chimneys on the roofs and the windows of the cottages are filled with moving models of colorful creatures from the films.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • More than 150 of the charter aircraft are large-cabin and ultra-long-haul jets manufactured by Bombardier, Gulfstream Aerospace, and Dassault.
    Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Pakistan ‌has since deployed about 8,000 troops, fighter jets, drones ​and an air defense system to the kingdom, Reuters reported in May, and has pursued wider Gulf ‌security ties.
    Reuters, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • As the company pours IPO cash into aggressive global expansion, analysts warn that shareholder pressure and past quality stumbles could test its eco-conscious image — and Wall Street patience.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The sun pours through its many gaps, creating a constellation of light that illuminates the forest floor below.
    Liam Scott, Washington Post, 24 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
  • The series airs every Tuesday evening and then streams after that.
    Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Launched by Crazy Maple Studio in 2022, ReelShort streams English-language vertical dramas designed for mobile.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • That shift matters because judgment, not technical execution, is becoming what separates a good analyst from a tool that just spits out answers.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • The most forceful argument to this end comes during a sequence in Hades, when Sinon (Elliot Page, giving the film’s best performance) essentially spits on Odysseus’s ethical and narrative framework for the world.
    Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • But as Saint Laurent begins to make his unsteady way out of the banquet hall, Bergé rushes to his side, to help him.
    Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Thousands will spend another night in the dark as ComEd rushes to restore power.
    Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 29 July 2026

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“Spouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spouts. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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