spouting
Letting it flow
Spouting is speaking at length in a forceful, often pompous or unreflective way: He was spouting off about politics again, spouting nonsense.
The image comes from liquid gushing under pressure—a whale spouts, a fountain spouts.
As a noun, spouting refers to gutters and downpipes on a building, especially in British and New Zealand English.
Erupting thermal vent
- fumaroleVolcanic gas vent
- hydrothermalHot water underground
- ventOpening for airflow
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
sulfur · hot spring · blowhole · crater · erupting · geothermal · Yellowstone · Old Faithful
Pressurized fluid streams
- sprayDispersed liquid droplets
- plumeOrnamental feather or rising column
- cascadeSuccessive downward flow
- geyserErupting thermal vent
waterworks · nozzle · basin · ornamental · decorative · display · burbling · splashing
Whale's breathing aperture
- cetaceanAquatic mammal order
- breachBreaking of agreement
- surfacingComing to the surface
- exhalingBreathing air outward
misting · pod · humpback · orca · sperm whale · blue whale · beluga · gray whale
Speaking pompously at length
- sermonizingLecturing on morals
- grandstandingPerforming to impress onlookers
- rantingAngry, prolonged speech
- preachingDelivering moral discourse
lecturing · haranguing · declaiming · orating · moralizing · expounding · bombast · diatribe
Traveling by airplane
- sprayingDispersing liquid as mist
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- ejectionForced removal from somewhere
expulsion · outpouring · eruption · spewing · squirting · spurting · releasing · projecting
Incoherent or infantile speech
- prattlingSpeaking trivially at length
- jabberingTalking fast and incoherently
- blatheringTalking foolishly at length
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
yammering · nattering · going on · running off · gabbing · chattering · blabbering · yakking
geyser
Erupting thermal vent
- fumaroleVolcanic gas vent
- hydrothermalHot water underground
- ventOpening for airflow
steam · sulfur · hot spring · blowhole · crater · erupting · geothermal · Yellowstone · Old Faithful · thermal
jets
Pressurized fluid streams
- sprayDispersed liquid droplets
- plumeOrnamental feather or rising column
- cascadeSuccessive downward flow
geyser · waterworks · nozzle · basin · ornamental · decorative · display · burbling · splashing · arcing
blowhole
Whale's breathing aperture
exhaling · misting · pod · humpback · orca · sperm whale · blue whale · beluga · gray whale · right whale
pontificating
Speaking pompously at length
- sermonizingLecturing on morals
- grandstandingPerforming to impress onlookers
- rantingAngry, prolonged speech
preaching · lecturing · haranguing · declaiming · orating · moralizing · expounding · bombast · diatribe · tirade
jetting
Traveling by airplane
- sprayingDispersing liquid as mist
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
ejection · expulsion · outpouring · eruption · spewing · squirting · spurting · releasing · projecting · shooting
babbling
Incoherent or infantile speech
- prattlingSpeaking trivially at length
- jabberingTalking fast and incoherently
- blatheringTalking foolishly at length
rambling · yammering · nattering · going on · running off · gabbing · chattering · blabbering · yakking · mouthing off
- animal behaviorsswimming, running, walking, jumping, flying
- excessive talkingchatter, chattering, babbling, blather, prattle
- outpouringeffusion, gush, outflow, overflow, surge
- talkativenesstalkativeness, verbosity, wordiness, garrulity, loquacity
- marine mammalsdolphin, whales, whale, dolphins, porpoise
- whalesblue whale, humpback whale, gray whale, fin whale, right whale