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1 spout
1. verb1) (to throw out or be thrown out in a jet: Water spouted from the hole in the tank.) (iz)brizgati2) (to talk or say (something) loudly and dramatically: He started to spout poetry, of all things!) deklamirati2. noun1) (the part of a kettle, teapot, jug, water-pipe etc through which the liquid it contains is poured out.) dulec2) (a jet or strong flow (of water etc).) curek* * *I [spáut]noundulec, kljun, ustnik, nos (lonca, vrča, posode itd.); (odtočna) cev; nosna odprtina kita; močan curek vode; izliv; (redko) pljusk, naliv dežja; majhen slap, kaskada; drča; history poševna cev, po kateri se spuščajo predmeti na določeno mesto (zlasti v zastavljalnici), figuratively zastavljalnicaup the spout — izčrpan, v veliki stiski, v škripcih; zastavljento go up the spout colloquially biti zastavljen v zastavljalniciII [spáut]transitive verb -
2 spurt
[spə:t] 1. verb((of a liquid) to spout or gush: Blood spurted from the wound.) brizgati2. noun(a sudden gush or burst: a spurt of blood/energy.) izbruh* * *I [spə:t]nounsee spirtnounII [spə:t]1.nounsportspurt; skrajen (kratek) naporto put a spurt on — (po)hiteti;2.intransitive verbnapraviti kratek in velik napor, napeti se, napenjati se, naprezati se, na vse kriplje se (po)truditi, napeti vse sile; sport spurtati, napeti vse moči proti koncu (pri teku)III [spə:t]nouneconomy nagel porast cen, vrednosti itd.; navijanje cen itd.
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be up the spout — (UK) If a woman is up the spout, she is pregnant … The small dictionary of idiomes
be up the spout — be/go up the ˈspout f8 idiom (BrE, slang) to be/go wrong; to be spoilt or not working • Well, that s my holiday plans gone up the spout! Main entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
go up the spout — be/go up the ˈspout f8 idiom (BrE, slang) to be/go wrong; to be spoilt or not working • Well, that s my holiday plans gone up the spout! Main entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
be up the spout — (UK) If a woman is up the spout, she is pregnant. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
be up the spout — British, informal to be pregnant. His sister s only just turned sixteen and she s up the spout … New idioms dictionary
Be up the spout — (UK) If a woman is up the spout, she is pregnant … Dictionary of English idioms
To pop up the spout — Spout Spout, n. [Cf. Sw. spruta a squirt, a syringe. See {Spout}, v. t.] 1. That through which anything spouts; a discharging lip, pipe, or orifice; a tube, pipe, or conductor of any kind through which a liquid is poured, or by which it is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To put up the spout — Spout Spout, n. [Cf. Sw. spruta a squirt, a syringe. See {Spout}, v. t.] 1. That through which anything spouts; a discharging lip, pipe, or orifice; a tube, pipe, or conductor of any kind through which a liquid is poured, or by which it is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To shove up the spout — Spout Spout, n. [Cf. Sw. spruta a squirt, a syringe. See {Spout}, v. t.] 1. That through which anything spouts; a discharging lip, pipe, or orifice; a tube, pipe, or conductor of any kind through which a liquid is poured, or by which it is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
up the spout — (Brit. informal) 1 my computer s up the spout.: See broken sense 3. 2 his daughter s up the spout.: See pregnant sense 1. → spout * * * Brit., informal 1) … Useful english dictionary
up the spout Brit. — up the spout Brit. informal 1》 useless, ruined, or wasted. 2》 (of a woman) pregnant. 3》 (of a bullet or cartridge) in the barrel of a gun and ready to be fired. → spout … English new terms dictionary
