spout
verb (used with object)
to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet.
is spouting
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present progressiveof spout (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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It’s disturbing and ironic that an official of an educational system would not bother to educate himself on the very topic about which he is spouting off.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2021
Any seller claiming it can provide the same masks at a much lower price is spouting “baloney,” Timothy Devine said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2020
As is often the case, Moore is spouting nonsense here.
From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2019
His Dutch colleague Jeroen Dijsselbloem, meanwhile, hammered the message home: Johnson is spouting stuff that is “intellectually impossible” and “politically unachievable”.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 25, 2016
If you make this little hotel clean and homelike, you’ll be doing a very considerable work in bringing about the New West which the Supervisor is spouting about.”
From Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West by Hamlin Garland
