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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
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
23 June 2026
Glorious sculptures entangled in water spouts were erected across the city over the next century.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
15 May 2026
For faucet handles and spouts, use a baking soda paste.
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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.
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Bestreviews,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
Try searching for your own micrometeorites by collecting particulates from roofs or drain spouts.
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Heather Barker,
Space.com,
11 Mar. 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.
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Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
Some of the water spouts reached between 20 feet and 30 feet, geologists said.
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Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
23 June 2026
Glorious sculptures entangled in water spouts were erected across the city over the next century.
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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
Verb
Trish coined the nickname, which is funny because Cannon never spouts off.
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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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Residents, meanwhile, can help the town’s efforts by reducing standing water around their homes, keeping their lawns mowed and trimmed, keeping rain barrels covered or screened, and cleaning their gutters regularly to prevent accumulated water.
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Clean gutters and drains, inspect roofs for loose or damaged materials, trim trees and secure outdoor furniture and decorations.
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Hale pointed toward the sky and urged them to look up as three military jets roared above the crowd.
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In New York, Mayor Zohran Mamdani lit up the Empire State Building after Navy jets soared over the city and tall ships took to its harbor.
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In the low-elevation deserts of Eastern California, the sun sits high in the sky during late June and pours energy into the ground for much of the day.
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As the Judgment of Paris turns 50, winemaker Kristy Melton opens Freemark Abbey’s archives, pours historic bottles and reflects on what nearly 140 years of unbroken Napa history still has to say.
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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.
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One grumbles when the driver rants about development’s ravages.
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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.
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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.
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Instead of asking whether existing programs are delivering results, Congress piles new spending and new funding streams onto an already fragmented system.
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The company launched Fox News and weather products, and subscription service Fox One, which streams the company’s sports and news.
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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.
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In testing with an RTX 5090, DiffusionGemma spits out around 700 tokens per second.
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Instead, the film rushes to its next action beat.
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Babcock is a possession coach; Bouchard’s brilliant passes tape-to-tape out of the defensive zone are textbook starters for rushes up the ice.
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“Spouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spouts. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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