Adjective: spouting spaw-ting
- Propelled violently in a usually narrow stream
"The spouting water from the fire hose quickly extinguished the flames";
- jetting, spurting, squirting
- Eject or flow forcefully in a stream
"The whale spouted from its blowhole";
- spurt, spirt [archaic], gush
- Talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
"The teenager spouted to the teacher";
- rant, mouth off [informal], jabber, rabbit on [informal], rave
See also: running
Type of: mouth, pour, speak, talk, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize
Encyclopedia: Spout