spout

English edit

From Middle English spouten, from Middle Dutch spoiten, spouten (> Dutch spuiten (“to spout”)), from *spīwatjaną. Compare Swedish spruta (“squirt, syringe”). See also spit, spew.

spout (plural spouts)

A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged.

I dropped my china teapot, and its spout broke.
A stream of liquid.
- 2010, James Fleming, Cold Blood, page 160:
  A spout of blood flew from his mouth, spattering Smichov's linen trousers.
The mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale.
(Australia) A hollow stump formed when a tree branch breaks off.

a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged

Armenian: ծորակ (hy) (corak), քիթ (hy) (kʿitʿ)
Azerbaijani: lülək, lülə
Bulgarian: чучур (bg) m (čučur)
Catalan: broc (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 嘴子 (zh) (zuǐzi)
Czech: hubice f, hubička (cs) f, odtok m, výpust f
Dutch: tuit (nl) m or f
Faroese: tútur m
Finnish: nokka (fi), kaatonokka
French: bec verseur (fr) m
Galician: cano m, torno (gl), bico (gl), biqueira f
German: Tülle (de) f, Ausguss (de) m, Schnabel (de) m, Auslauf (de) m, Schnaupe (de), Schnauze (de) f, Auslaufrohr n, Ausgießer m, Wasserspeier (de) m, Ausgusstülle (de) f, Ausgießtülle f, Ausgussschnabel m
Italian: beccuccio (it) m
Japanese: 噴出口 (ふんしゅつぐち, funshutsuguchi)
Latin: canālis (la) m
Maori: kōrere
Persian: چرنه‎ (čorne), نول‎ (fa) (nul)
Polish: dzióbek (pl) m, wylew (pl) m (formal)
Portuguese: bico (pt) m, bica (pt) f, biqueira (pt) f
Russian: но́сик (ru) m (nósik), го́рлышко (ru) n (górlyško) (of a bottle)
Spanish: pico (es) m (vessel), pitorro m (Spain), boquilla (es) f
Swedish: pip (sv) c, hällpip c
Turkish: uç (tr)

a stream of liquid

Azerbaijani: lülə
Bulgarian: сътуя f (sǎtuja)
Catalan: raig (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 噴射／喷射 (zh) (pēnshè)
Czech: proud (cs) m, výtrysk m (kapaliny)
Finnish: suihku (fi), vesipatsas (fi), vesisuihku
French: jet (fr) m
German: Ausfluss (de) m, Auslauf (de) m, Fluss (de) m, Strom (de) m, Flüssigkeitsstrom m, Fontäne (de) f, Spritzer (de) m
Italian: getto (it) m
Japanese: 噴射 (ja) (ふんしゃ, funsha)
Maori: puahiritanga
Portuguese: jorro (pt) m
Russian: струя́ (ru) f (strujá), пото́к (ru) m (potók)
Spanish: chorro (es) m
Swedish: stråle (sv)

the mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale

spout (third-person singular simple present spouts, present participle spouting, simple past and past participle spouted)

(intransitive) To gush forth in a jet or stream
Water spouts from a hole.
(transitive, intransitive) To eject water or liquid in a jet.
The whale spouted.
- 1697, Thomas Creech, The Whale:
  The mighty whale […] spouts the tide.
(intransitive) To speak tediously or pompously.
(transitive) To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.
- c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Coxcomb”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iv:
  Pray, spout some French, son.
(transitive, slang, dated) To pawn; to pledge.
to spout a watch

to gush forth in a stream

Bulgarian: бликам (bg) (blikam), шуртя (bg) (šurtja)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 噴出／喷出 (zh) (pēnchū), 噴放／喷放 (pēnfàng), 噴／喷 (zh) (pēn)
Czech: chrlit, stříkat (cs) impf, prýštit impf
Dutch: spuiten (nl)
Finnish: suihkuttaa (fi), syöstä (fi)
French: jaillir (fr)
Galician: arreitar
German: speien (de), spritzen (de), herausspritzen
Icelandic: spúa (is)
Italian: sgorgare (it), zampillare (it)
Japanese: 噴き出す (ja) (ふきだす, fukidasu), 噴く (ふく, fuku)
Maori: pipiha (of a whale)
Polish: lać się (pl) impf
Portuguese: jorrar (pt)
Quechua: ch'iwkachiy, pukyuy
Russian: струи́ться (ru) impf (struítʹsja), бры́згать (ru) impf (brýzgatʹ), бить струёй impf (bitʹ strujój), заби́ть струёй pf (zabítʹ strujój), выбра́сывать струёй impf (vybrásyvatʹ strujój), вы́бросить струёй pf (výbrositʹ strujój), хлы́нуть (ru) pf (xlýnutʹ)
Spanish: chorrear (es)

to speak tediously and at length