Meaning

noun an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain

verb gush forth in a sudden stream or jet

verb talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner

originFrom 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 *spīwatjaną. Compare Swedish spruta (“squirt, syringe”). See also spit, spew.

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