outpour

[out-pawr, -pohr, out-pawr, -pohr]

noun

1. outpouring.

verb (used with object)

1. to pour out.

outpour

noun

1. the act of flowing or pouring out

2. something that pours out

verb

1. to pour or cause to pour out freely or rapidly

Other Word Forms

• outpourer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of outpour¹

First recorded in 1665–75; out- + pour

Example Sentences

Emily Oster, a Brown University economist who runs the website ParentData, said she received an outpour of messages from mothers who were panicked because they took acetaminophen during pregnancy and were now looking for signs of autism in their children.

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“There was an outpour of kindness from this area,” Aldaba said.

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In this woeful outpour, he mourns the ending of a relationship and comes to terms with the fact that people can change.

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Recently, there’s been an outpour of trendy cakes flooding feeds on Instagram and TikTok — hyper-realistic cakes, heart-shaped cakes and whimsical hodgepodge cakes.

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At one point, when the "average handling time" was deemed too long, a supervisor reminded the counsellors to keep the calls "solution focused" and said that calls were "not the right place" for clients to "outpour everything".

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