spouterEtymologyFrom spout + -er.nounAnything that spouts.Someone who rants or talks nonsense at length.“a spouter of hateful rhetoric”A whale that breathes by spouting; especially a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus).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.”A vessel used in whaling.; A person engaged in whaling; a skillful whaler.