English
Etymology
F. déboucher (de + bouche), modelled on Italian sboccare.
Pronunciation
IPA|/dɪ'bu:ʃ/|/dɪ'bæʊʧ/
Verb
en-verb|debouch|es
- 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
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