English
Etymology
F. déboucher (de + bouche), modelled on Italian sboccare.
Pronunciation
IPA|/dɪ'bu:�/|/dɪ'bæ�ʧ/
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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