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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
spouting
    adj 1: propelled violently in a usually narrow stream [syn:
           jetting, spouting, spurting, squirting]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Spout \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 out forcibly and abundantly, as liquids through
      an orifice or a pipe; to eject in a jet; as, an elephant
      spouts water from his trunk.
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            Who kept Jonas in the fish's maw
            Till he was spouted up at Ninivee?    --Chaucer.
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            Next on his belly floats the mighty whale . . .
            He spouts the tide.                   --Creech.
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   2. To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or
      pompous manner.
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            Pray, spout some French, son.         --Beau. & Fl.
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   3. To pawn; to pledge; as, to spout a watch. [Cant]
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