spout

spout
spout [{{t}}spaʊt]
1 noun
(a) (of teapot, kettle, carton) bec m verseur; (of watering can) tuyau m; (of tap) brise-jet m inv; (of pump) dégorgeoir m; (of gutter) gargouille f; (of pipe) embout m
(b) (of water → from fountain, geyser) jet m; (→ from whale) jet m, souffle m d'eau; (of flame) colonne f; (of lava) jet m;
a spout of boiling water un jet d'eau bouillante
(c) {{}}British{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} (idiom)
to be up the spout (ruined) être fichu ou foutu; (pregnant) être en cloque;
our plans are up the spout nos projets sont tombés à l'eau;
now we're really up the spout maintenant nous sommes vraiment dans de beaux draps ou dans le pétrin;
that's our holidays up the spout on peut faire une croix sur nos vacances
2 intransitive verb
(a) (water, oil) jaillir; (whale) souffler;
water spouted out of the pipe de l'eau jaillit du tuyau
(b) {{}}familiar{{}} {{}}pejorative{{}} (talk) dégoiser;
he's always spouting (on) about politics il est toujours à dégoiser sur la politique
3 transitive verb
(a) (water, oil) faire jaillir un jet de; (fire, smoke) vomir, émettre un jet de
(b) {{}}familiar{{}} {{}}pejorative{{}} (words, poetry) débiter, sortir ;
she's always spouting Latin quotations elle est toujours en train de débiter ou sortir des citations latines
spout out
1 intransitive verb
(water, lava) jaillir, sortir en giclant;
the liquid was spouting out of the barrel le liquide sortait du tonneau en giclant, le liquide jaillissait du tonneau
2 separable transitive verb
(a) (liquid) faire jaillir un jet de; (lava) cracher;
the pipe spouted out water de l'eau jaillissait du tuyau
(b) {{}}familiar{{}} {{}}figurative{{}} (utter → statistics, poetry, quotations) débiter

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  • Spout — Spout, n. [Cf. Sw. spruta a squirt, a syringe. See {Spout}, v. t.] 1. That through which anything spouts; a discharging lip, pipe, or orifice; a tube, pipe, or conductor of any kind through which a liquid is poured, or by which it is conveyed in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • spout — [spout] n. [ME spute, spoute < the v.] 1. a lip, orifice, or projecting tube, as on a teapot, in a drinking fountain, etc., by which a liquid is poured or discharged 2. a) a stream, jet, or discharge of or as of liquid from a spout b) the… …   English World dictionary

  • Spout — (spout), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spouted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spouting}.] [Cf. Sw. sputa, spruta, to spout, D. spuit a spout, spuiten to spout, and E. spurt, sprit, v., sprout, sputter; or perhaps akin to E. spit to eject from the mouth.] 1. To throw… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • spout — (v.) early 14c., related to M.Du. spoiten to spout, N.Fris. spütji spout, squirt, Swed. sputa to spout, and probably M.Du. spuwen to spit (see SPEW (Cf. spew)). Meaning to talk, declaim is recorded from 1610s. The noun is first recorded late 14c …   Etymology dictionary

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