spouting

[spou-ting]

noun

Midland U.S.

1. guttering.

spouting

/ ˈspaʊtɪŋ /

noun

1. 1. a rainwater downpipe on the exterior of a building

   2. such pipes collectively

Word History and Origins

Origin of spouting¹

First recorded in 1870–75; spout + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

But a Reform source accused the Lib Dem leader of "spouting total madness" and said the party had no plans to change gun laws in the UK should it win power.

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Now, right-wing activists purporting to be tracking political extremism are collecting huge amounts of data about their political opponents while spouting far-right rhetoric themselves.

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“I thought, ‘Oh, there would be a point where your life almost wasn’t worth living,’ and the thought of euthanizing someone who’s spouting adverts at you was darkly comic, but tragic, obviously.”

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But much of what they are spouting is self-help, internet based, anecdotal nonsense.

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It comes just days after Grok sparked backlash for spouting antisemitic posts, including praise for Adolf Hitler on X, the social media platform owned by Musk.

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Related Words

• diatribe 
• discourse 
• jeremiad 
• oration 
• screed 
• spiel 
• tirade