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spout
/spaʊt/
noun
A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged.
"I dropped my china teapot, and its spout broke."
A stream of liquid.
The mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale.
verb
To gush forth in a jet or stream
"Water spouts from a hole."
To eject water or liquid in a jet.
"The whale spouted."
To speak tediously or pompously.
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