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noun
1.
a hot spring that intermittently sends up fountainlike jets of water and steam into the air.
2.
British Informal. a hot-water heater, as for a bath.
verb (used without object)
3.
to spew forth as or like a geyser: the kettle geysering all over the stove.
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Example Sentences
- In the half-light of the street lamps, they seemed to boil up out of the sidewalk, as if some strange urban geyser was flowing.
- Interactive tools allow kids to trigger a geyser eruption and dive into a hot spring to learn why the water boils and steams.
- Just because you've been hearing about this punctual geyser your whole life doesn't mean that it will be any less awe-inspiring.
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Word Origin & History
geyser
1780, from Icelandic Geysir, name of a hot spring in the valley of Haukadal, from O.N. geysa "to gush," from P.Gmc. *gausjan, from PIE *gheus-, from root *gheu- "to pour."
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Science Dictionary
geyser  (gī'zər) Pronunciation Key
A natural hot spring that regularly ejects a spray of steam and boiling water into the air. |
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