spout

spout¹ [spaut] n

↑spout

1.) a small pipe on the side of a container that you pour liquid out through

2.) spout of water/blood etc

a sudden strong stream of liquid which comes out of somewhere very fast

→↑waterspout

3.) up the spout

BrE informal if something is up the spout, it is completely wrong or has failed completely

▪ The computer's up the spout!

▪ My plans for the weekend seem to have gone up the spout .

spout ²

spout² v

[Date: 1300-1400; : Middle Dutch; Origin: spouten]

1.)

a) [I always + adverb/preposition]

if liquid or fire spouts from somewhere, it comes out very quickly in a powerful stream

= ↑spurt spout from

▪ Blood was spouting from the wound in her arm.

b) [T]

to send out liquid or flames very quickly in a powerful stream

▪ a volcano spouting lava

2.) also spout off [I and T] informal

to talk a lot about something in a boring or annoying way

▪ My father was spouting his usual nonsense!

▪ I hate it when he spouts off like that!

spout about

▪ I'm tired of listening to Jim spouting about politics.

3.) [I]

if a ↑whale spouts, it sends out a stream of water from a hole in its head