geyseric
zər, -sər 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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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | a spring that discharges steam and hot water |
| 2. | (Brit) a domestic gas water heater |
| [C18: from Icelandic Geysir, from Old Norse geysa to gush] | |
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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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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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