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upspouting

upspouting is the present participle and gerund of upspout.

Meaning of upspout

Verb

upspout (third-person singular simple present upspouts, present participle upspouting, simple past and past participle upspouted)

  1. (poetic) To spout upward.
    • And swift from underneath upspout / Thick showers of hissing arrows that down-rain / Their rattling drops upon the walls, […]1868, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton Earl of Lytton, New Poems: Chronicles and characters, page 313

Questions about upspouting

What is upspouting the present participle and gerund of?
Upspouting is the present participle and gerund of upspout.

Words near upspouting in the dictionary

  1. upsplashing
  2. upspoke
  3. upspoken
  4. upspout
  5. upspouted
  6. upspouting
  7. upspouts
  8. upsprang
  9. upspread
  10. upspreading
  11. upspreads

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