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verb (used without object)
1.
to flow out or issue suddenly, copiously, or forcibly, as a fluid from confinement: Water gushed from the broken pipe.
2.
to express oneself extravagantly or emotionally; talk effusively: She gushed with pride over her new grandchild.
3.
to have a sudden, copious flow, as of blood or tears.
verb (used with object)
4.
to emit suddenly, forcibly, or copiously.
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Gushed
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noun
5.
a sudden, copious outflow of a fluid.
6.
the fluid emitted.
7.
effusive and often insincere language or behavior.
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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
EXPAND pumping" is from 1886.
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