Associations to the word «Spouting»

Wiktionary

SPOUT, noun. A tube or lip through which liquid is poured or discharged
SPOUT, noun. A stream of liquid
SPOUT, noun. The mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale
SPOUT, verb. (intransitive) To gush forth in a jet or stream
SPOUT, verb. (ambitransitive) To eject water or liquid in a jet.
SPOUT, verb. To speak tediously or pompously.
SPOUT, verb. To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.
SPOUT, verb. (slang) (dated) To pawn; to pledge.

Dictionary definition

SPOUT, noun. An opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain.
SPOUT, verb. Gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; "water gushed forth".
SPOUT, verb. Talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats