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Universal
1a tube or lip projecting from a container, through which liquid can be poured:a teapot with a chipped spout
2a stream of liquid issuing from somewhere with great force:the tall spouts of geysers the plume of water vapour ejected from the blowhole of a whale:the spout of an occasional whale
3a pipe or trough through which water may be carried away or from which it can flow out. a sloping trough for conveying grain, coal, etc. to a lower level; a chute. historical a lift in a pawnshop used to convey pawned items up for storage.
1send out (liquid) forcibly in a stream:volcanoes spouted ash and lava [no object, with adverbial] (of a liquid) flow out forcibly in a stream:blood was spouting from the cuts on my hand (of a whale or dolphin) eject (water vapour and air) through its blowhole.
2express (one’s views or ideas) in a lengthy, declamatory, and unreflecting way:he was spouting platitudes about our furry friends
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British informal 1no longer working or likely to be useful or successful: his petrol gauge is up the spout
3(of a bullet or cartridge) in the barrel of a gun and ready to be fired.