Spout vs Dribble - What's the difference?
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a tube or lip through which liquid is poured or discharged
a stream of liquid
the mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale
To gush forth in a jet or stream
(ambitransitive) To eject water or liquid in a jet.
* Creech
To speak tediously or pompously.
To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
(slang, dated) To pawn; to pledge.
To let saliva drip from the mouth, to drool
To fall in drops or an unsteady stream, to trickle
In various ball games, to run with the ball, controlling its path with the feet
(basketball) To bounce the ball on the floor with one hand at a time, enabling the player to move with it;
To advance by dribbling
to let something fall in drips
* Jonathan Swift
in various ball games, to move the ball, by repeated light kicks
A weak, unsteady stream; a trickle.
A small amount of a liquid.
In sport, the act of dribbling.
Spout is a related term of dribble.
As verbs the difference between spout and dribble
is that spout is to gush forth in a jet or stream while dribble is .As a noun spout
is a tube or lip through which liquid is poured or discharged.spout
English
Noun
(en noun)- I dropped my china teapot, and its spout has broken.
Verb
(en verb)- Water spouts from a hole.
- The whale spouted .
- The mighty whale spouts the tide.
- Pray, spout some French, son.
- to spout a watch
Anagrams
* * * * * *dribble
English
Verb
(dribbl)- Let the cook dribble it all the way upstairs.