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Word entry · 5 letters

spout

Best crossword clue

"Teapot pouring part"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /spaʊt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted opstuStarts with SEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • I dropped my china teapot, and its spout broke.
  • I put a spout in the maple tree to collect its sap
  • A spout of blood flew from his mouth, spattering Smichov's linen trousers.

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