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gush

[guhsh]

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verb (used without object)

to flow out or issue suddenly, copiously, or forcibly, as a fluid from confinement: Water gushed from the broken pipe.

to express oneself extravagantly or emotionally; talk effusively: She gushed with pride over her new grandchild.

to have a sudden, copious flow, as of blood or tears.

verb (used with object)

to emit suddenly, forcibly, or copiously.

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noun

a sudden, copious outflow of a fluid.

the fluid emitted.

effusive and often insincere language or behavior.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; probably phonesthemic in orig.; see gust¹, rush¹

Related forms

gush·ing·ly, adverb

out·gush, verb (used with object)

un·gush·ing, adjective

Synonyms
1. pour, stream, flood. See flow. 4. spurt.

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And all this was accomplished without sentimental gush or rhetorical bluster.

These emotions must gush forth to keep both job seekers and job finders honest.

All gush from the same enormous reservoir of combustible rage.

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And all this was accomplished without sentimental gush or rhetorical bluster.

These emotions must gush forth to keep both job seekers and job finders honest.

All gush from the same enormous reservoir of combustible rage.

These channels may allow water to gush suddenly from one lake to another.

If so, that would explain why oil continues to gush from three distinct locations on the sea floor.

If there is some liquid soap mixed in with the hydrogen peroxide, steamy foam will gush out of the container.

He seems tired and a little distracted, hardly in the mood to gush.

Though they don't understand how these magic boxes work, they can gush over the sleek shapes.

All these costs would not matter if revenues were about to gush forth.

Steam, ash, and molten rock may gush out through the volcano.

Reporters gush about the new complexes, calling them symbols of the changing face and growing power of pachinko.

Across the street from my house, there was a gush of the most.

Her fans gush and fawn over advice found in any dime store financial planning book for dummies.

The singing lanterns compete with a gush of new releases on the same theme.

Wilson keeps nostalgic gush and embittered polemic to a minimum.

But here is a matter of the highest subjectivity, and objections are sure to gush forth.

When asked what is the main reason for their success, executives invariably gush about the quality of their customers.

They've taken months and months to act, while millions of gallons more gush out.

Fans of such services gush that they will mint money by allowing ads to be targeted at folk who are about to make a purchase.

Finally, she takes a razor to her arm, and the resultant flash of pain and gush of blood release her from the spell of detachment.

And, because of the gags that gush from it, it is a constantly amusing thing to hear.

When a well is drilled into a pocket of contained oil the pressure forces it to gush out and over the wellhead.

Blood instantly began to gush out, filling the space between the shoulder blade and the ribs.

Following a rain, waterfalls gush down the valley walls.

The gush grows into the roar of water blasting against rocks-a major waterfall.

But its birth pangs in the gush of blood and the mechanical language of the automatic weaponry have set certain parameters.

They will gush for only half an hour or so, for the plumbing that operates them is ancient.

The joyous release of the fellow when he is with the beautiful child is not a mere gush of sentiment, either.

Now with the touch of a switch and the gush of a breath a new calendar is opened.

Slowly, however, the news seeped and then began to gush out as the other face of oil.

Bill would certainly know how to gush at a gusher gone haywire.

He said the accident produced a gush of gas, which he inhaled.

He may feel more obliged to use it if you gush over the fragrance when you hand it to him.

In hindsight, some considered the size of his ear and the volume of its gush suspicious.

But before you gush over the changes, consider this:.

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World English Dictionary

gush (ɡʌʃ)

—vb
1.	to pour out or cause to pour out suddenly and profusely, usually with a rushing sound
2.	to act or utter in an overeffusive, affected, or sentimental manner

—n
3.	a sudden copious flow or emission, esp of liquid
4.	something that flows out or is emitted
5.	an extravagant and insincere expression of admiration, sentiment, etc

[C14: probably of imitative origin; compare Old Norse gjósa, Icelandic gusa]

'gushing

—*adj*

'gushingly

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

gush

12c., gosshien "make noises in the stomach," later (c.1400) "rush out suddenly, pour out," probably formed onomatopoeically in Eng. under infl. of O.N. gusa "to gush, spurt," related to geyser. Metaphoric sense of "speak in an effusive manner" first recorded 1873. Gusher "oil well that flows without

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pumping" is from 1886.

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