noun

1. a lip, orifice, or projecting tube, as on a teapot, in a drinking fountain, etc., by which a liquid is poured or discharged
2. 1. a stream, jet, or discharge of or as of liquid from a spout
   2. the stream of air and water rising from the blowhole of a whale
3. 1. downspout
   2. waterspout
4. a chute for conveying substances, as grain or flour, or articles

5. Etymology: from chute formerly used as a conveyance in shop

   Brit., Slang a pawnshop

Etymology: ME spute, spoute < the v.

transitive verb

1. to shoot out (liquid, etc.) from or as from a spout
2. to speak or utter in a loud, pompous manner or in a ready, rapid flow of words

intransitive verb

1. to flow or shoot out with force in a jet: said of liquid, etc.
2. to discharge liquid, etc. from or as from a spout
3. to spout words