spout
noun
[ spaʊt ]
• a tube or lip projecting from a container, through which liquid can be poured.
• "a teapot with a chipped spout"
• a stream of liquid issuing from somewhere with great force.
• "the tall spouts of geysers"
• a pipe or trough through which water may be carried away or from which it can flow out.
spout
verb
• send out (liquid) forcibly in a stream.
• "volcanoes spouted ash and lava"
• express (one's views or ideas) in a lengthy, declamatory, and unreflecting way.
• "he was spouting platitudes about our furry friends"
Similar:
hold forth,
sound off,
go on,
talk at length,
expatiate,
pontificate,
declaim,
orate,
rant,
sermonize,
mouth off,
speechify,
spiel,
perorate,
Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): from Middle Dutch spouten, from an imitative base shared by Old Norse spýta ‘to spit’.
up the spout
• no longer working or likely to be useful or successful.
• "his petrol gauge is up the spout"
Similar:
faulty,
damaged,
broken,
defective,
unsound,
not working,
not functioning,
non-functioning,
malfunctioning,
in disrepair,
inoperative,
out of order/commission,
not in working order,
broken down,
out of kilter,
down,
on the blink,
on its last legs,
kaput,
bust,
busted,
conked out,
acting/playing up,
gone haywire,
gone phut,
finished,
done for,
wonky,
dud,
duff,
knackered,
buggered,
• (of a woman) pregnant.
Similar:
pregnant,
expecting a baby,
having a baby,
with a baby on the way,
having a child,
expectant,
carrying a child,
enceinte,
expecting,
in the family way,
expecting a happy event,
preggers,
preggy,
with a bun in the oven,
with one in the oven,
in the club,
up the duff,
in the pudding club,
up the stick,
knocked up,
preggo,
clucky,
with a joey in the pouch,
up the pole,
in trouble,
in pod,
with child,
heavy/big with child,
in a delicate condition,
in an interesting condition,
childing,
on the way,
gravid,
parturient,
impregnate,
infanticipating,
storked,
• (of a bullet or cartridge) in the barrel of a gun and ready to be fired.
