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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Middle Dutch |
| Origin: | spouten |
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a) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if liquid or fire spouts from somewhere, it comes out very quickly in a powerful stream [= spurt]
b) [transitive] to send out liquid or flames very quickly in a powerful stream : 
a volcano spouting lava
a volcano spouting lava2 also spout off [intransitive and transitive] informal to talk a lot about something in a boring or annoying way : My father was spouting his usual nonsense! I hate it when he spouts off like that!
My father was spouting his usual nonsense!I hate it when he spouts off like that!3 [intransitive]HBA if a whale spouts, it sends out a stream of water from a hole in its head
