spouter

Anything that spouts.

Noun

  1. Anything that spouts.
  2. Someone who rants or talks nonsense at length.
    • a spouter of hateful rhetoric
  3. A whale that breathes by spouting; especially a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus).
  4. A vessel used in whaling.
    • Peter Edwards was bragging all around the little port about his boy, shanghaied off to sea on his first voyage and coming home skipper of a bung-full spouter. - 1930, Captain Dingle, “In Conclusion” (chapter 34), in...

    Synonyms: whaleboat whaleship whaler

    1. (rare) A person engaged in whaling; a skillful whaler.

      Synonyms: whaleboat whaleship whaler

Origin

From spout + -er.

Forms

spouters