Debouch

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb

English

Etymology

From French déboucher (de + bouche), modelled on Italian sboccare.

Pronunciation

IPA: /dɪ'bu:ʃ/, /dɪ'bæʊʧ/

Verb

debouch

1. to pour forth from a narrow opening

   • 1985: the pretty pimpled young man, no longer a boy, came down from the imperial box in his purple to the performers’ well which debouched into the arena. — Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked
   • 1993: Ungrateful brats debouch from their cheap holiday in someone else’s misery and their tired parents try desperately to summon up joy out of indifference. — Will Self, My Idea of Fun
   • 1997: the water rushes away in uncommonly long waterfalls, downward for hours, unbrak’d, till at last debouching into an interior Lake of great size — Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon