Meaning & use
spouted
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Expelled or ejected liquid forcefully in a stream, or spoke about something at length in a pompous or insistent way.
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Water spouted from the cracked pipe and soaked the basement floor.
He spouted his opinions about politics to anyone who would listen.
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The figurative sense, meaning to talk at length pompously, is often used with a hint of criticism toward the speaker.
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2. verb
Said something repeatedly or predictably, as if reciting a rehearsed line.
She spouted the same excuse every time she was late.
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