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spout off

spout off verb: to speak in a particularly boastful or arrogant manner.

Verb

spout off (third-person singular simple present spouts off, present participle spouting off, simple past and past participle spouted off)

  1. (informal) To speak in a particularly boastful or arrogant manner.
  2. (informal) To speak for a tedious or exasperating length of time.
  3. (informal) To utter something in a brash, unwelcome, or unpleasant manner.

Forms of spout off

third-person singular presentspouts off
present participlespouting off
past participlespouted off
pastspouted off

Questions about spout off

What does spout off mean?
Spout off means to speak in a particularly boastful or arrogant manner.
What part of speech is spout off?
Spout off is a verb.
What is the past tense of spout off?
The past tense of spout off is spouted off.

Words near spout off in the dictionary

  1. spousies
  2. spousification
  3. spousing
  4. spousy
  5. spout
  6. spout off
  7. spout out
  8. spouted
  9. spouted off
  10. spouted out
  11. spouter

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