SPOUT
What does "SPOUT" mean?
A tube or lip through which liquid is poured or discharged in a stream.
Meanings
- A projecting nozzle or channel that directs a flow of liquid. Tea trickled from the cracked spout onto the saucer.
- To eject liquid forcefully in a jet or stream. The whale surfaced and spouted a misty plume.
- To talk at length, often pompously or without much thought. He spouted statistics nobody had asked for. informal
Word origin
From Middle English 'spouten', probably from Middle Dutch 'spouten' (to gush or spurt), of imitative origin echoing the sound of jetting liquid.
Remember it
Pour something OUT and you've nearly spelled SP-OUT.
A little poem
Kettle's thin gold tongue-
it whistles, then says nothing
but a curl of steam.
haiku
Wordplay
- The teapot kept spouting off at meetings - all steam, no actual brew.
What it teaches
A narrow opening can still flood the room; mind the spout before you tip the pot.
Quick facts
What does SPOUT mean?
A tube or lip through which liquid is poured or discharged in a stream.
Is SPOUT a valid word?
Yes — SPOUT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SPOUT?
SPOUT has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SPOUT come from?
From Middle English 'spouten', probably from Middle Dutch 'spouten' (to gush or spurt), of imitative origin echoing the sound of jetting liquid.
What can SPOUT teach us?
A narrow opening can still flood the room; mind the spout before you tip the pot.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.