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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Spout \Spout\ (spout), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spouted; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Spouting.] [Cf. Sw. sputa, spruta, to spout, D.
     spuit a spout, spuiten to spout, and E. spurt, sprit, v.,
     sprout, sputter; or perhaps akin to E. spit to eject from the
     mouth.]
     1. To throw out forcibly and abundantly, as liquids through
        an orifice or a pipe; to eject in a jet; as, an elephant
        spouts water from his trunk.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Who kept Jonas in the fish's maw
              Till he was spouted up at Ninivee?    --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Next on his belly floats the mighty whale . . .
              He spouts the tide.                   --Creech.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or
        pompous manner.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Pray, spout some French, son.         --Beau. & Fl.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To pawn; to pledge; as, to spout a watch. [Cant]
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Spout \Spout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spouted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Spouting.] [Cf. Sw. sputa, spruta, to spout, D. spuit a
     spout, spuiten to spout, and E. spurt, sprit, v., sprout,
     sputter; or perhaps akin to E. spit to eject from the mouth.]
     1. To throw out forcibly and abudantly, as liquids through an
        office or a pipe; to eject in a jet; as, an elephant
        spouts water from his trunk.
  
              Who kept Jonas in the fish's maw Till he was spouted
              up at Ninivee?                        --Chaucer.
  
              Next on his belly floats the mighty whale . . . He
              spouts the tide.                      --Creech.
  
     2. To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or
        pompous manner.
  
              Pray, spout some French, son.         --Beau. & Fl.
  
     3. To pawn; to pledge; as, spout a watch. [Cant]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  spouting
       adj : propelled violently in a usually narrow stream [syn: jetting,
              spurting, squirting]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  spouting
     a.
     (lb en of a liquid) That is propelled in a narrow stream or jet.
     n.
     The process or result of something being spouted; that which is
  spouted.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  spouting
     a.
     (lb en of a liquid) That is propelled in a narrow stream or jet.
     n.
     The process or result of something being spouted; that which is
  spouted.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  spouting
     a.
     (lb en of a liquid) That is propelled in a narrow stream or jet.
     n.
     The process or result of something being spouted; that which is
  spouted.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  spouting
     a.
     (lb en of a liquid) That is propelled in a narrow stream or jet.
     n.
     The process or result of something being spouted; that which is
  spouted.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Spouting /spˈaʊtɪŋ/
  الإنطلاق

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  spouting /spˈaʊtɪŋ/ 
  tryskání

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  spouting /spˈaʊtɪŋ/
  herausspritzend, spritzend, ausstoßend
   see: spout, spouted
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  spouting /spˈaʊtɪŋ/
  palavernd, quatschend, salbadernd
   see: spout, spouted
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  spouting /spˈaʊtɪŋ/
  speiend
   see: spout, spouted
  

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  spouting /spˈaʊtɪŋ/
  1. szónoklás
  2. kilövellés
  3. szavalás
  4. kifecskendezés

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈspaʊtɪŋ/

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     喷注

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