spout
verb (used with object)
to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet.
have spouted
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present perfectof spout.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Not too long ago, had one typed “New Orleans Saints” into Google Maps, this is what would have spouted forth: “Religious institution.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2021
More tantalizing, dark streaks near the poles suggest that occasional geysering on the frozen moon may have spouted carbon or some other organic material.
From Time Magazine Archive
Finally he threw back the lids, feeling that in another moment he must have spouted Italian or French out of pure magic, simply to tell this fool inspector what he thought of him.
From The Lure of the Mask by Harrison Fisher
Great rents in the earth were reported, and for many miles north from Los Angeles miniature geysers are said to have spouted volcano-like streams of hot mud.
From The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire by Charles Morris
He could fathom the meaning of the phrase, but the wave it would fain have spouted over his Claudia left her angel raiment dry.
From Despair's Last Journey by David Christie Murray
