Steve Prefontaine

For me, running against the Poles and Czechs would be like running against high school kids. And I hate all this gung-ho, run-for-the-red-white-and-blue attitude that the AAU spouts. If that's important to some people, fine, more power to 'em. But, damn it, I wish they'd leave me alone to do what I want to do - run against the best.

American Athlete

Stieg Larsson

In real life, people are integrated into society. That's what happens in my books as well. Minor characters don't just walk in and spout lines, they interact and have an effect on the events. It's not an isolated universe.

Swedish Writer

Rush Limbaugh

A loyal liberal can get away with anything with other liberals, as long as that loyal liberal is liberal and attacks conservatives left and right, spouts the right words, they get away with anything.

American Entertainer

John Cusack

I don't walk around talking about my life and spouting my philosophy to people I don't know. I mean, if I get to know them, I'll talk for hours. I guess I like a lower-key scene.

American Actor

Ethan Carter III

It's hard to dislike a guy who's spouting off funny comments when he grabs a guy in a hold, you know? It's hard to dislike that, because it's entertaining.

American Wrestler

Naveen Andrews

If a character's suddenly spouting information that's supposed to bring you up to date, it can seem artificial or contrived.

British Actor

Gregory Smith

My career will come full cycle one day when I play the father of a cute little kid missing teeth who spouts one-liners.

Canadian Actor

Craig Revel Horwood

It's important to me that people don't go spouting off about anything in your life.

Australian Dancer

Greg Davies

As soon as I get the chance, I'll be back spouting nonsense on the microphone.

British Comedian

Sophie Okonedo

There's nothing worse than actors spouting about what they think.

British Actress

Refers to the actual physical feature on a container where liquid is poured from.

Literal Use

Highlights malfunction when liquid unintentionally drips or pours from the spout.

Leaking Indicator

Used metaphorically for when a person continuously talks about something.

Figurative Speech

Often implies that what is being said is considered tiresome or annoying.

Negative Connotation

Use to create a vivid picture of liquid or substance erupting with force.

Visual Imagery

Conveys the power or energy behind the flow of liquid.

Physical Intensity

Metaphorically refers to a large amount of something non-physical, like spoken words.

Abstract Usage

Indicates a large and continuous quantity, especially in communication.

Expressing Volume

 is that this guy is just a cliche machine. He can ruin the most interesting match by just spouting cliche again and again and again. So Brazilians went to that first match against North Korea, put up this banner, started a Twitter campaign and tried to convince the rest of us

Ethan Zuckerman: How to...

 but when you give the hormones of the opposite sex, you now start spouting breasts and facial hair and voice change, depending on what you're using, and those effects are permanent, or require surgery to remove, or electrolysis, and you can never really affect the voice.

Norman Spack: How I help...

 were generally looking for, which was Remember the mantra, 'follow the water'? Well, initially that was like looking for little gullies and looking for, you know, maybe little streams or spouts that were coming out in some way or signs that there had once been large,

Mars Up Close, Part 1:...

 you guys all did a great job and you continue to do a great job I have a question about the baby manatee can you tell us the story about how that baby landed in your arms you have a red spout from a milk bottle in one hand and you're caring for this animal I would

Every Animal Deserves a...

 to impossible spirit board for joining the cameraman this would have to be about as hard as wildlife filmmaking gets bouncing up and down on a boat being hung onto in a bear hug by Mervyn but then a spout and for a split second

Disgusting! Blue Whale...

 and shake our sense that elections are legitimate. Imagine if the night before an initial public offering of a major global bank, there was a deepfake showing the bank's CEO drunkenly spouting conspiracy theories.

How deepfakes undermine...

 a group of montana citizens with a military escort decided to investigate the yellowstone country to verify some what they thought were fibs told by the trappers of water spouting in the air so they

Harnessing the Power of...

 squirrels or monkeys that's when we really know that we're in business now Eagle spout I don't think that talam ply lumber was seen on the dam came last night I think it was only um Tandy but

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 ♫ Yeah, it's just me and my dog, singing our song, strolling along. ♫ ♫ 'Cause I don't care about your hating and your doubt, ♫ ♫ and I don't care what the politicians spout. ♫

Spout

A tube or pipe that liquid comes out of.

Often appears as...

To talk a lot about a subject in a boring way.

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To flow out quickly or in a stream.

Often appears as...

A continuous stream of something, usually words or talk.

Often appears as...

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Leaking Indicator

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