spouts
Teapot pouring parts
Spouts is the plural of spout—a projecting tube or lip through which liquid pours: the spout of a teapot, a waterspout, a downspout directing rain from gutters.
As a verb, spouts means to discharge forcefully or to talk at length, often pompously: The whale spouts.
He spouts opinions no one asked for.
Flows or speaks copiously
- spraysDisperses liquid finely
- jetsPressurized fluid streams
- squirtsForceful liquid ejections
- dischargesReleases or sends forth
expels · ejects · streams · shoots · spurts · projects · releases · vents
Whale's breathing aperture
- cetaceanAquatic mammal order
- breachBreaking of agreement
- exhaleExpel breath outward
- sprayDispersed liquid droplets
mist · pod · humpback · orca · baleen · surfacing · breathing · ocean
Speaks in dogmatic manner
- oratesSpeaks formally, publicly
- sermonizesSpeaks preachy moral lessons
- ramblesSpeaks without focus
- lecturesFormal instructional talks
harangues · declaims · monologues · preaches · speechifies · rants · expounds · holds forth
Spouted vessel for heating water
- pourerOne who dispenses liquid
- lipMouth's outer edge
- nozzleFlow-directing pipe fitting
- handlePart for gripping
ceramic · porcelain · pitcher · watering can · teaware · drip · pour · vessel
Violent sudden release
- Old FaithfulPunctual Wyoming geyser
- YellowstoneOriginal U.S. national park
- hydrothermalHot water underground
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
vent · fumarole · geothermal · hot springs · plume · thermal · basin · mudpot
gushes
Flows or speaks copiously
discharges · expels · ejects · streams · shoots · spurts · projects · releases · vents · pours
blowhole
Whale's breathing aperture
spray · mist · pod · humpback · orca · baleen · surfacing · breathing · ocean · marine
pontificates
Speaks in dogmatic manner
- oratesSpeaks formally, publicly
- sermonizesSpeaks preachy moral lessons
- ramblesSpeaks without focus
lectures · harangues · declaims · monologues · preaches · speechifies · rants · expounds · holds forth · goes on
kettle
Spouted vessel for heating water
handle · ceramic · porcelain · pitcher · watering can · teaware · drip · pour · vessel · carafe
eruption
Violent sudden release
- Old FaithfulPunctual Wyoming geyser
- YellowstoneOriginal U.S. national park
- hydrothermalHot water underground
steam · vent · fumarole · geothermal · hot springs · plume · thermal · basin · mudpot · sinter
- plumbingpipes, valves, fittings, faucets, drains
- grotesquesgargoyles, grotesques, demons, chimeras, hybrid creatures
- aqueductsRoman aqueducts, conduits, channels
- Islamic metalworkbrass bowls, brassware, copper vessels, ewers, incense burners
- ceramicspottery, porcelain, cup, bowl, plate
- water systemswater pipes, water pipe, water storage, water line, irrigation ditches
- 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
spout, spouting, waterspout, spouted, spouter, downspout, spout off