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Adjective: up the spout
Usage: informal
  1. Not in working order; not functioning
    - broken, busted, bust [Brit, informal], knackered [Brit, informal], out of order, on the blink [informal], on the fritz [N. Amer, informal], kaput [informal], rooted [Austral, NZ, informal]
     
  2. Carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life
    - pregnant, up the stick [Brit, informal], up the duff [Brit, informal], preggo [Austral, NZ, informal], preggers [informal]

See also: big, damaged, enceinte [archaic], expectant, gravid [technical], great, heavy, large, with child