Definitions

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  • adjective of a liquid That is propelled in a narrow stream or jet.
  • noun The process or result of something being spouted; that which is spouted.
  • noun Australia, New Zealand A gutter under the eaves of a building; guttering.

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  • adjective propelled violently in a usually narrow stream

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Examples

  • Yeah, "smart" … that's what they call spouting Marxist talking points and promoting an ideology that has failed time and again from Mussolini's Italy to Hitler's Germany to Stalin's Russia to Khrushchev's Soviet Union to Mao's China to Kim Jong Il's North Korea to Castro's Cuba to Chavez's Venezuela?

    The Reality Check 2008

  • Yeah, "smart" … that's what they call spouting Marxist talking points and promoting an ideology that has failed time and again from Mussolini's Italy to Hitler's Germany to Stalin's Russia to Khrushchev's Soviet Union to Mao's China to Kim Jong Il's North Korea to Castro's Cuba to Chavez's Venezuela?

    Capitol Hill Coffee House 2008

  • Outdoors is a 20-by-50 foot pool, tennis courts, formal garden and a large Chinese dragon fountain spouting water.

    Kentucky castle turned into popular luxury hotel 2010

  • Thus the dogma you are spouting is more than a little ironic.

    Levin swears repeatedly at Goldman hearing 2010

  • But what you are spouting is a standard line and I have responded to this in a post immediately after the attacks on Bombay.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Pakistan Shift 2008

  • Our opposition leader is a squillionare who changes positions to try and get elected, and our prime minister is a buzzword spouting beaurocrat.

    Obama Ad Attacks McCain Health Care Plan: "Largest Middle Class Tax Hike Ever" 2009

  • And some who do (e.g. the infamous Krauthammer) pride themselves on leaving their formal training behind to engage in spouting pure propaganda.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Inconveniently Boring Truth 2007

  • Of course, in spouting these libertarian views (I am not) my sympathies go out to those who are persecuted — even when I don't agree with their bad habits, whether it is indiscriminate TV watching, smoking, or even drug use.

    More about TV Turnoff M-mv 2004

  • Of course, in spouting these libertarian views (I am not) my sympathies go out to those who are persecuted — even when I don't agree with their bad habits, whether it is indiscriminate TV watching, smoking, or even drug use.

    03.04 M-mv 2004

  • Of course, in spouting these libertarian views (I am not) my sympathies go out to those who are persecuted — even when I don't agree with their bad habits, whether it is indiscriminate TV watching, smoking, or even drug use.

    04.04 M-mv 2004

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