spouter

A noun referring to a person who talks excessively and foolishly, an oil well that is actively spouting, or a whale that is spouting water.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant une personne qui parle de manière excessive et stupide, un puits de pétrole qui jaillit activement, ou une baleine qui souffle un jet d’eau.

1. A talkative person C1 informal

   An obnoxious, foolish, and excessively talkative person.

   • He's such a spouter at parties, nobody can get a word in.
   • The old spouter in the pub wouldn't stop talking about his youth.
   • She dismissed him as a tedious spouter with no real ideas.

   🇫🇷Grand parleur, baratineur

   Synonymes: blabbermouthblatherskiteblowhardchatterboxgasbagmotormouthprattlerwindbag

   Antonymes: listener

2. An oil well C1 formal technical

   An oil well that is actively spouting or gushing oil.

   • The newly drilled well turned out to be a rich spouter.
   • They struck a spouter that produced thousands of barrels a day.
   • The spouter was capped to prevent an environmental disaster.

   🇫🇷Puits jaillissant

   Synonymes: gusher

3. A spouting whale C1 formal

   A whale that is spouting water from its blowhole.

   • The sailors spotted a spouter on the horizon.
   • A massive spouter breached the surface, sending a plume of water into the air.
   • The naturalist watched the spouter through his binoculars.

   🇫🇷Baleine qui souffle

   Synonymes: blower

• spouters plural form
• spouters' possessive plural form
• spouter's possessive singular form