spouts 1 of 2

plural of spout
1
as in gutters
a pipe or channel for carrying off water from a roof during the winter, runoff from the spout tends to freeze over and form a dangerous patch of ice on the walkway

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2
as in jets
a usually forceful stream of fluid discharged from a narrow opening kids cooling off under the spout of water from an opened fire hydrant

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spouts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of spout

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Noun
  • Bolster or reattach sagging gutters, tighten up screws, and seal any cracks or leaks with gutter sealant.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Remove standing water from your flowerpots, gutters, pool covers, pet dishes, or birdbaths.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Controversial figures, such as Andrew Tate, are offering them a lavish lifestyle that uses images of smoking cigars, sitting in private jets, and doing push ups.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Water-jets provide more efficient propulsion at speeds above 34 miles per hour, the analyst told Newsweek, compared with propellers, which are efficient between 23 and 34 miles per hour.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And Josh, who pours his guilt into a publicity campaign to try and find his missing son.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Enthusiasm builds on announcement day, shares trade up, and money pours in.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As a supernova explosion ejects the outer layers of these stars, their stellar cores collapse.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • New data streams from devices like cell phones and websites simply didn’t exist before.
    George Bradt, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Sun streams through wavy windows and splashes across bottles and glasses lining the bar.
    Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • And his ultimate war is with Bob, a tech CEO who rants about his haters and has gotten rich off rebranded snake oil and whose obvious corruption has been obscured by his self-mythologizing.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
  • One grumbles when the driver rants about development’s ravages.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The generator spits out new images, or data pieces, in whatever format the project involves.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • ChatGPT spits out iterations of iterations and copies of copies until the information doesn’t make sense anymore.
    Joelle Renstrom August 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Perhaps that is what rushes in to fill the vacuum where Meursault’s morality ought to be.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
  • But while the new movie dawdles on its way to Toxie’s origins, then rushes toward a finale with a lurching rhythm that verges on calculated ineptitude, its spirit never feels inauthentic.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Spouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spouts. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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