A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged.
I dropped my china teapot, and its spout broke.
A waterspout (“channel through which water is discharged, especially from the gutters of a roof”).
A stream or discharge of liquid, typically with some degree of force.
A spout of blood flew from his mouth, spattering Smichov's linen trousers.
From Middle English spouten, from Middle Dutch spoiten, spouten (> Dutch spuiten (“to spout”)), from Old Dutch *spūten, *spīuten, *spīwetten, from Proto-West Germanic *spīwattjan, from Proto-Germanic ...
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To speak tediously or pompously.