spouted

[ spou-tid ]

/ ˈspaʊ tɪd /

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adjective

fitted with a spout: a spouted pitcher.

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Origin of spouted

First recorded in 1825–35; spout + -ed³

OTHER WORDS FROM spouted

un·spout·ed, adjective

Words nearby spouted

spot-weld, spousal, spouse, spout, spout cup, spouted, spouting, spp., S.P.Q.R., S.P.R., Sprachgefühl

How to use spouted in a sentence

More than 70 percent of the spouted water may flow away instead of freezing, says glaciologist Suryanarayanan Balasubramanian of the University of Fribourg in Switzerland.
How to build better ice towers for drinking water and irrigation|Nikk Ogasa|July 6, 2022|Science News
Upstairs in the galleries, Jim Costanzo spouted lefty politics between tunes on his baritone bugle.
Pawel Althamer Creates Art That’s by the People, for the People at the New Museum|Jessica Dawson|February 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But in the same interview, he spouted the same old sexist line against female priests.
What About Women, Pope Francis?|Janine di Giovanni|August 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Such despicable nonsense is spouted for one reason: to dehumanize Palestinians.
What Evangelicals Get Wrong About Israel and the Palestinians|Kirsten Powers|November 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST

As a TV gal who has reported and anchored and spouted opinions from news sets across the country, Google Hangout felt pretty real.
Why Google Hangouts Are Hot: Television’s Next Frontier|Lauren Ashburn|August 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The night was exceedingly dark, and vast globes of flame spouted forth on both sides, borne away by a violent wind.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment|Silvio Pellico
He kept well out to sea, because now and then he could see big rocks flying through the air as the volcano spouted.
The Flaming Mountain|Harold Leland Goodwin
Then the wind spouted in at a ventilating hole—of which there was one on each side of the hut.
Far from the Madding Crowd|Thomas Hardy
Just as the old whaler had predicted, in less than five minutes the mother whale spouted, coming in the direction of the vessel.
The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries|Francis Rolt-Wheeler
In less than five minutes more she spouted again, just a little distance from the calf.
The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries|Francis Rolt-Wheeler