spout

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

spout [spout spouts spouted spouting] noun, verb BrE [spaʊt] NAmE [spaʊt]
noun
1. a pipe or tube on a container, that you can pour liquid out through
•the spout of a teapot
2. a stream of liquid coming out of somewhere with great force
Syn: ↑fountain

Word Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): from Middle Dutch spouten, from an imitative base shared by Old Norse spýta ‘to spit’.
Idiom: up the spout
 
verb
1. transitive, intransitive to send out sth, especially a liquid, in a stream with great force; to come out of sth in this way
Syn: ↑pour
•~ sth (from sth) The wound was still spouting blood.
•The geyser spouted huge columns of water from the ground.
•~ from/out of sth Clear water spouted from the fountains.
2. intransitive (of a ↑whale)to send out a stream of water from a hole in its head
3. intransitive, transitive (informal, disapproving)to speak a lot about sth; to repeat sth in a boring or annoying way
•~ (off/on) (about sth) He's always spouting off about being a vegetarian.
•What are you spouting on about now?
•~ sth He could spout poetry for hours.
•She could do nothing but spout insults.
•The article was full of the usual clichés spouted by fashion editors.
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Word Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): from Middle Dutch spouten, from an imitative base shared by Old Norse spýta ‘to spit’.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  rant, mouth off, jabber, rabbit on, rave, spurt, spirt, gush