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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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Clean out bird baths regularly, or get rid of them altogether if the population is large, and clean your gutters regularly to get rid of standing water or damp debris where these flies may lay eggs.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
9 June 2026
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Clear all rain gutters so water can safely flow away from your home.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
8 June 2026
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And days earlier, three US F-15 fighter jets were mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses, with all crew members ejecting safely.—
Todd Symons,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
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The drones have crashed into the chimney of a power plant in Estonia, hit empty fuel tanks in Latvia and been shot down by Romanian fighter jets stationed in Lithuania.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 June 2026
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Set within the Benedictine Abbey of Weltenburg, which sits just above a bend in the Danube River, the grounds include a beer garden that’s breathtakingly beautiful but pours only one of the brewery’s three alcohol‑free varieties.—
David Dickstein,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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But that overhauled tap system pours very nicely, so order a Manny’s—a pale ale from the local Georgetown Brewing Company that’s a local staple and accessible mid-point in flavor profile between hoppy craft ale and mild old-school lager.—
Mark DeJoy,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 June 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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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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One of many great trout streams that wind through this state, which is really a destination for fly fishing, white water boating — river recreation is huge here in Colorado.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
10 June 2026
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In the City airs directly after and also streams the next day on Peacock.—
Sarah Hearon,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 June 2026
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In testing with an RTX 5090, DiffusionGemma spits out around 700 tokens per second.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 June 2026
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Spader’s character spits out a reprimand.—
Michael Scherer,
The Atlantic,
24 May 2026
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After Amanda rushes off the stage in tears and decamps to her dressing room, West declines to go after her, sitting around onstage like a deer in headlights.—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
3 June 2026
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Preston is a shifty and fast skater who can attack inside ice laterally but can also play out wide and burn for odd-man rushes, and excelled after moving to his off-wing (left wing) in Vancouver, going east-west more on his forehand.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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“Spouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spouts. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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