gush Definition
gush (gus̸h)
intransitive verb
- to flow out suddenly and plentifully; pour out; spout
- to have a sudden, plentiful flow of blood, tears, etc.
- to express oneself with exaggerated enthusiasm or feeling; talk or write effusively
Etymology: ME guschen, prob. akin to ON gjosa, to gush & gustr, gust
transitive verb
to cause to flow out suddenly and plentifully
noun
- a sudden, plentiful outflow
- gushing talk or writing
gush Related Forms
gush′·ing adjective
gush′·ingly adverb
gush Synonyms
gush Synonyms
gush
v.
gush Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- blood: The rushing of air on our faces the gushing of blood to our heads The expected crash.
- water: During one, I felt a gush of hot water all over my legs, like a large water balloon bursting.
- fluid: As I lay there letting the contractions course through me I felt a pop and then the gush of fluid as my water broke.
Object
- waterfall: You are in for some really stunning scenery and we cross mountain passes and descend the glens following coursing streams and gushing waterfalls.
- fountain: You will become a gushing fountain of divine blessing.
- praise: You also must be prepared to suffer gushing praise in the local newspaper.
- stream: Our front street was a gushing wide stream 4 inches deep.
- river: The it's into the forested terrain crossing gushing rivers before our descent to camp at Las Torres.
- blood: Like Wendy, we are supposed to see the ghosts and the elevator gushing blood and we're supposed to react.
Followed by a transitive particle
down: At the top was a wider section with the water gushing down a hole in the floor, but looking more placid upstream.
Modifying Another Word
- forth: SHAKIR: In both of them are two springs gushing forth.
- n't: My mother, tho Welsh, often told me, ' I ca n't gush.
- not: We failed dismally to make it on the DVD by not gushing suitably.
- still: Its position was changed in Victorian times, but water still gushes there from a mossy lion's mouth.
- too: I don't want to sound too gushing, but I really cannot express the service you provided without doing so.
- then: Even if the high waters then gush over the new bank, there is a drainage ditch behind it to catch the overflow.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- out: What I'd heard was the water gushing out through the gap.
- over: Improve your wine knowledge Was the waiter describing the Cabernet or the carpet when he gushed over its " velvety texture?
- down: On the day of the visit, water was gushing down from burst pipes.
- up: Water gushing up from a spray fountain is given an added vitality.

