v. t. | 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. |
| 2. | To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner. |
| 3. | To pawn; to pledge; as, to spout a watch. |
v. i. | 1. | To issue with violence, or in a jet, as a liquid through a narrow orifice, or from a spout; as, water spouts from a hole; blood spouts from an artery. |
| 2. | To eject water or liquid in a jet. |
| 3. | To utter a speech, especially in a pompous manner. |
n. | 1. | That through which anything spouts; a discharging lip, pipe, or orifice; a tube, pipe, or conductor of any kind through which a liquid is poured, or by which it is conveyed in a stream from one place to another; as, the spout of a teapot; a spout for conducting water from the roof of a building. |
| 2. | A trough for conducting grain, flour, etc., into a receptacle. |
| 3. | A discharge or jet of water or other liquid, esp. when rising in a column; also, a waterspout. |