Spout - English meaning

verb

Utter or deliver words in a rhetorical or impassioned way, as if to an audience.

Usage examples:

She declaimed her views

verb

To express something with strong feeling, especially in a loud voice or with forceful language

Usage examples:

[ + speech ] "the end of the world is at hand!" the poster declaimed., she declaimed against the ev…

verb

Speak or write in detail about.

Usage examples:

She expatiated on working-class novelists

verb

To speak or write about something in great detail or for a long time

Usage examples:

Expatiate on she expatiated on her work for the duration of the meal., following this lecture, his …

noun

Either of the two fleshy parts which form the upper and lower edges of the opening of the mouth.

Usage examples:

He kissed her on the lips

verb

(of water) lap against.

Usage examples:

Beaches lipped by the surf rimming the pacific

noun

Either of the two edges of flesh around the opening of the mouth

Usage examples:

She licked/pursed/puckered her lips., don’t give me any more of your lip.

noun

A cylindrical or round spout at the end of a pipe, hose, or tube used to control a jet of gas or liquid.

Usage examples:

He twisted the nozzle of the shower head

noun

A narrow piece attached to the end of a tube so that the liquid or air that comes out can be directed in a particular way

Usage examples:

Attach the nozzle to the garden hose before turning on the water.

verb

Make a speech, especially pompously or at length.

Usage examples:

Hamlet thinks, speaks, orates, and acts

verb

Speak at length.

Usage examples:

He perorated against his colleague

verb

Express one's opinions in a pompous and dogmatic way.

Usage examples:

He was pontificating about art and history

noun

(in the roman catholic church) the office or period of office of a pope or bishop.

Usage examples:

Pope gregory viii enjoyed only a ten-week pontificate

verb

To speak in an important manner as if only your opinion was correct

Usage examples:

Experts get on the tube and pontificate about the economy.

verb

Speak or shout at length in an angry, impassioned way.

Usage examples:

She was still ranting on about the unfairness of it all

noun

A spell of ranting; a tirade.

Usage examples:

His rants against organized religion

noun

A prickly bush or shrub that typically bears red, pink, yellow, or white fragrant flowers, native to north temperate regions and widely grown as an ornamental.

Usage examples:

The macdonalds have gone for a pleasing mix of old and modern, shrub and bedding roses in white, pi…

verb

Short for compass rose.

verb

Past of rise.

verb

Compose or deliver a sermon.

Usage examples:

At the time of the framing, by contrast, preachers were instrumental in instituting the rule of law…

noun

A handheld firework that emits sparks.

Usage examples:

He told me about how he used to come here every year with his dad to watch fireworks and to light s…

noun

A wire stick held in your hand and covered with a substance that produces sparks as it burns

verb

Deliver a speech, especially in a tedious or pompous way.

Usage examples:

Writers should write, not speechify

verb

To give a speech, especially in a boring way or in a way that shows you think you are important

noun

An elaborate or glib speech or story, typically one used by a salesperson.

Usage examples:

He delivers a breathless and effortless spiel in promotion of his new novel

verb

Reel off; recite.

Usage examples:

He solemnly spieled all he knew

noun

A small wooden peg or spigot for stopping a cask.

Usage examples:

Before beginning, sterilize both the spile and the jug with boiling water.

verb

Broach (a cask) with a peg in order to draw off liquid.

Usage examples:

Well, firstly i'm still adamant that you can't beat a pint of cask-conditioned ale, properly tapped…

noun

A small piece of wood that is used to control the amount of gas in a barrel (= large container) of beer

Usage examples:

A small wooden peg called a spile is knocked into the top of the barrel., when fermentation starts …