flood out

verb

To pour out; to talk volubly.

“The heavy rains flooded the inhabitants out of the town.”

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Meanings

verbflood out (third-person singular simple present floods out, present participle flooding out, simple past and past participle flooded out)

present singular third person floods out · participle present flooding out · participle past flooded out · past flooded out

  1. intransitiveTo pour out; to talk volubly.

    Chloe took a deep breath and it all flooded out. What started off as a stream soon became a rushing river of emotion.

    2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
  2. To expel by flooding.

    The heavy rains flooded the inhabitants out of the town.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbcharge someone with too many tasks

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overwhelmdeluge
Broader
chargesaddleburden
Also see
delugeoverwhelm

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Spanish salir a chorros / borbotones
  • salir a chorros / borbotonesTranslations
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APA

flood out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flood%20out

MLA

“flood out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flood%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flood out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flood%20out.

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