spouting
present participle ofspout
spout
verb
uk/spaʊt/us/spaʊt/spoutverb(SPEAK)
[T,I+ adv/prep]disapproving
tospeaka lot, in a way that isboringorannoyingfor otherpeople:
He spouts aloadofpretentiousnonsenseandpeoplearestupidenough tobelievehim!
I really don'twanttolistento Mike spoutingon/offallafternoon.
Ways of talking
- beg the questionidiom
- blah
- blether
- blither
- coo
- declaim
- declamatory
- gabble
- loose
- mumble
- pipe
- ramble
- rattle on/away
- stage whisper
- talk trashidiom
- throwyourvoiceidiom
- trash
- trill
- word salad
- yak
spoutverb(FLOW)
[I+ adv/prep,T]
tofloworsendoutliquidorflamesquicklyand withforce, in astraightline:
Flames spouted(out)from theoilwells.
Thegashwas spoutingblood.
Movement of liquids
- backsplash
- be dripping withsomethingidiom
- bleed
- decant
- discharge
- drainage
- drip
- eddy
- leak
- runsomeone/somethingover
- runnel
- seep
- seepage
- slosh
- spit
- topsomethingup
- trickle
- tub
- washsomethingaway
- waterborne
Examplesofspouting
spouting
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
After all, as he shows, many have become publicly recognized byspoutingnonsense.
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He reminds one of a volcanospoutingvast masses of rock, of which some, on examination, turn out to be nuggets of pure gold (1969 : xvi).
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Every time one of us escapes onto the upper decks he or she either tries to commandeer the whole vessel,spoutingorders about the one true path.
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However, all our windows were cracked, thespoutingmelted and the cedar wood sides scorched, and all the aluminium panels blistered and buckled.
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What is the procedure when one has a house in that condition, with holes in the roof and nospoutingleft upon it?
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Another shortage is of zinc forspoutingand flushings.
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Of course, the domestic chimney is not as bad as it used to be because there are not so many chimneysspoutingsmoke.
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Thespoutingin broken away all round the school.
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The weasel words that he isspoutingdo not fit very neatly into the policies and attitudes of his party.
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We should not go on dismantling the public service whilespoutingfine words about their social value.
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Do not let us allow it to be spoilt because the politicians stay on the sidelinesspoutingideological rhetoric and doing nothing to produce a proper railway system.
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Windows rot, doors twist,spoutingleaks and chimneys do not draw, so that some tenants are smoked out of their homes.
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Will he take the opportunity to denounce the simplistic, divisive and dishonestspoutingof those who claim that spendthrift councils are being bailed out by penny-wise councils?
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Thousands of them have holes in the roof; they have nospouting; there is no paint to hold the woodwork together; and in many cases the foundations are splitting.
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The basin dates to the 14th century, but the lionsspoutingwater are believed to be older, dating to the 11th century.
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- beaufort-scale
- beau-monde
- beaut
- beauteous
- beautician
- beautification
- beautification project
- beautified
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- beautiful coastline
- beautiful creature
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