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spout

The correct spelling is spout.

How to pronounce spout

/spaʊt/
noun

IPA: /spaʊt/

Say it like: Spo-wt

The correct spelling is spout. A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged. For example: "I dropped my china teapot, and its spout broke."

Usage Examples

I dropped my china teapot, and its spout broke.

Water spouts from a hole.

The whale spouted.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged.
  2. 2.A stream of liquid.
  3. 3.The mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale.

verb

  1. 1.To gush forth in a jet or stream
  2. 2.To eject water or liquid in a jet.
  3. 3.To speak tediously or pompously.
  4. 4.To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.
  5. 5.To pawn; to pledge.

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