spouted

verb

past tense of spout
1
as in poured
to flow out in great quantities or with force water spouting from the hose

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2
as in huffed
to talk loudly and wildly a self-important loudmouth who is always spouting about the mess that politicians have made of everything

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3
as in erupted
to violently throw out or off (something from within) the drain suddenly spouted water and debris

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Recent Examples of spouted That’s the prayerful explanation for the nonsense that spouted this week from the leaders of a football conference that hopes to grow up and be the Big Ten someday. — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 29 May 2026 There are two areas in my garden where fern asparagus has been growing for more than four decades, having first spouted from seeds that had been deposited, no doubt, by birds. — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 21 Feb. 2026 Kirk often spouted toxic right-wing rhetoric, including anti-gay and Islamophobic views, as well as antisemitic conspiracy theories. — Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026 Management claimed that the refund was already being processed when the customer became verbally aggressive and then the situation escalated when the customer allegedly spouted explicit death threats at the employee. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026 One time that Sanford spouted off about his grievances against the church was at a wedding 13 years ago, one of the friends said. — Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025 The other 41% of the posts spouted antisemitic abuse, such as dehumanization of Jewish people or attacks on their character. — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025 Fireworks spouted directly beyond the stage where the president and others spoke, which had online critics questioning the need for them. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2025 Hot disputes between nations over cross-border water have lately spouted like geysers. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spouted
  1. poured
  2. huffed
  3. erupted
  4. rushed
  5. ejected
  6. streamed
  7. expelled
  8. spewed
Verb
  • Tributes poured in across the soccer world following the news.
    — Uriel Blanco, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • But now, as the sun poured through the third-floor atrium of the Bloom Center, Riley couldn’t help but point out the symbolism of such an ambitious undertaking actually coming to life.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of poured
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  • Meanwhile in Boston, England huffed and puffed but could not blow Ghana away.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • On one of the machines a Cluely employee panted and huffed in the dark.
    — Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Definition of huffed
Verb
  • But at a red light near the Las Vegas Strip, a white Cadillac pulled up beside them and gunfire erupted.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Another round of storms erupted in northern Indiana Monday evening, bringing powerful wind gusts and large hail.
    — Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of erupted
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  • Flooding pours into Indiana homes and businesses Photos and videos out of Indiana show scenes of destruction as floodwater rushed into homes and businesses, leaving them in shambles.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Freeman decided to get up anyway, and the Dodgers' training staff rushed across the field to check on him.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of rushed
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  • Seattle manager Dan Wilson was ejected for the second time over the past four games.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Braves manager Walt Weiss was ejected during the ensuing arguments about the call.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of ejected
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  • Still, as the audience streamed out of the concert courtyard, earlier words from Finom lingered.
    — Katherine Turman, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The video, which was streamed on TikTok before the platform pulled it, appeared to show Hilton engaging in self-harm.
    — Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of streamed
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  • He had been expelled from Latitude last school year, authorities said.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • He was expelled from the Communist Party in the late 1950s for criticising the government’s economic policies – and purged again during Mao’s Cultural Revolution a decade later.
    — CNN Staff, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of expelled
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  • Around 74,000 years ago, a caldera on what is now Sumatra emptied thousands of cubic kilometers of magma in about two weeks, roughly a thousand times more than Mount Pinatubo spewed out in 1991.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Early Tuesday morning, the volcano spewed lava that reached a height of about 300 meters (984 feet), triggering red alerts, evacuations, a highway’s closure, and the suspension of classes in three departments.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of spewed

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