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Synonyms & Antonyms for spout
Synonyms: Verb
gush, jet, pour, rush, spew, spurt, squirt, swoosh
Synonyms: Noun
drainpipe, eaves trough, gutter, rainspout, trough, waterspout
Antonyms: Verb
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Examples of spout in a Sentence
Verb
The well was spouting oil. She kept spouting on and on about politics.Noun
Water was flowing from the spout. the spout of a tea kettle
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Sharon Sachs brings a fair amount of flair to the role of malapropism-spouting university headmistress Madame Morrible, and Tom Flynn carries tragic gravitas as kindly professor Doctor Dillamond, a goat in an Oz increasingly unfriendly to animals. — Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, "Review: Back in Bay Area, ‘Wicked’ is a stirring ode to resistance," 16 Aug. 2019 Blakk’s supporters are hardly more dimensional, generally spouting familiar agitprop or evoking the shouty agenda battles that have always bedeviled liberation movements. — Jesse Green, New York Times, "Review: In ‘Ms. Blakk for President,’ a Winning Losing Campaign," 4 June 2019 But these weren’t sewer workers spouting off at 1 a.m. about Bernie Sanders or President Trump. — Will Bunch, https://www.inquirer.com, "‘When They See Us,’ racist Philly cops on Facebook, and the brutal toll of dehumanization | Will Bunch," 4 June 2019 Bimbo spouted the foil pack and shook the last crumbs of crisp into his palm. — Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine, "The Alps," 22 July 2019 Subban, ever game, donned it and started spouting Nature Boy’s catch phrases . . . — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, "NHL seeing little movement on restricted free agents," 27 July 2019 The characters speak with plain and disarming honesty, spouting the kind of whole, robotic sentences favored by surreal directors like Yorgos Lanthimos. — David Sims, The Atlantic, "The Art of Self-Defense," 19 July 2019 Racists tend to be cowardly like that, happy to spout hateful rhetoric but unwilling to admit they flat-out hate — or fear — people different from them. — Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, "Column: There’s no difference between supporting a racist and being one," 18 July 2019 No one was injured, and there were no evacuations, Villarino added, but half a dozen water mains broke — two of them major — causing water to spout out of the ground. — Alejandra Reyes-velarde, latimes.com, "Near earthquake epicenter in Trona, ‘it looks like a tornado went through’," 5 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Poured tableside, the shellfish broth flows in a khaki cascade from the spout of an orange kettle, landing in a shallow bowl with a mannerly splish. — Fortune, "Restaurant Review: Iceland’s Slippurinn Is an Ephemeral Culinary Destination," 11 Aug. 2019 There are 32 hydration units overall, each with four spouts. — Nicole Blackwood, chicagotribune.com, "You can’t bring water into Lollapalooza any more, but it’s never been easier to refill that empty bottle," 2 Aug. 2019 And then the downloaded video had to survive a sudden lightning strike to the metal research vessel that threatened scientists' computers, and on top of everything else, a water spout that formed suddenly off the port bow. — The Washington Post, al.com, "Giant squid spotted in Gulf of Mexico in rare video," 24 June 2019 And then the downloaded video had to survive a sudden lightning strike to the metal research vessel that threatened scientists' computers, and on top of everything else, a water spout that formed suddenly off the port bow. — Author: Kayla Epstein, Anchorage Daily News, "Scientists capture historic video of a giant squid," 24 June 2019 And then the downloaded video had to survive a sudden lightning strike to the metal research vessel that threatened scientists’ computers, and on top of everything else, a water spout that formed suddenly off the port bow. — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, "Scientists capture historic video of a giant squid," 23 June 2019 And then the downloaded video had to survive a sudden lightning strike to the metal research vessel that threatened scientists' computers, and on top of everything else, a water spout that formed suddenly off the port bow. — oregonlive, "Watch: Rare video of giant squid in Gulf of Mexico’s ‘midnight zone’," 23 June 2019 Bartenders and waiters shouldn’t touch the top of the container where the pour spout is so as to avoid cross-contamination. — Elena Shao, SFChronicle.com, "Don’t throw away that cup! S.F. pushes reusables, but it won’t be easy," 4 Aug. 2019 There was a little fountain with a lion-head spout on one wall, and in one corner, crucially, an air conditioner peeked into frame. — Andrea Whittle, Condé Nast Traveler, "My Favorite Airbnb in Italy: A Palazzo Apartment in Palermo," 26 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'spout.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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