spout
Kettle's pouring tube
A spout is a projecting tube or lip through which liquid pours—the spout of a teapot, a waterspout, a drinking fountain's spout.
To spout is to discharge liquid forcefully: Water spouted from the broken pipe.
Whales spout when they exhale through blowholes.
Figuratively, to spout is to talk at length, often tediously or pretentiously: He spouted statistics for twenty minutes.
Up the spout (British) means ruined or pregnant.
Valve controlling water flow
- tapValve controlling liquid flow
- spigotLiquid flow controller
- valveFluid flow controller
- hoseFlexible fluid conduit
showerhead · sprinkler · pipe · plumbing · connector · outlet · teapot · kettle
Steady continuous flow
- flowUnbroken forward movement
- jetForced fluid stream
- squirtForced liquid jet
- sprayDispersed liquid droplets
surge · cascade · geyser · fountain · burst · erupt · spew · discharge
Whale's breathing aperture
- cetaceanAquatic mammal order
- breachBreaking of agreement
- exhaleExpel breath outward
- sprayDispersed liquid droplets
humpback · orca · beluga · sperm whale · pod · surface · breathe · mist
faucet
Valve controlling water flow
hose · showerhead · sprinkler · pipe · plumbing · connector · outlet · teapot · kettle · watering can
stream
Steady continuous flow
spray · surge · cascade · geyser · fountain · burst · erupt · spew · discharge · emit
blowhole
Whale's breathing aperture
spray · humpback · orca · beluga · sperm whale · pod · surface · breathe · mist · plume
pontificate
Speak in dogmatic manner
- declaimSpeak rhetorically, dramatically
- sermonizeSpeak with moral authority
- lectureEducational spoken presentation
harangue · tirade · preach · ramble · blather · monologue · speechify · expound · hold forth · drone
germinate
Begin plant development
emerge · grow · spring up · appear · develop · cotyledon · tendril · unfurl · push through · green
- faucetsfaucet, tap, spigot, kitchen faucet, bathroom faucet
- fluid handlingpump, pipe, hose, valve, nozzle
- teawareteapot, tea cup, tea set, tea kettle, teaspoon
- fueling equipmentfuel pump, gas pump, petrol pump, fuel dispenser, fuel nozzle
- teapot partslid, handle, body, base, knob
- cookware partshandle, lid, knob, rim, base
- spouted offTalked impulsively, loudly
- spout offSpeak impulsively, often boastfully
- water spoutRotating column over water
- spouting offSpeaking impulsively, loudly
- spout outEmit forcefully and quickly
- whale spout