geysers
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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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| —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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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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Example sentences
And near the end, the film abandons comedy altogether, going for geysers of blood and constant shrieks.
And though he has a few oratorical geysers, he mostly understates his venom.
The result would be hydrogen geysers that erupt from time to time on the planet's surface.
The geysers that turn the generators are merely the gentlest manifestations of this volcanism.
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