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gush (gus̸h)

intransitive verb

  1. to flow out suddenly and plentifully; pour out; spout
  2. to have a sudden, plentiful flow of blood, tears, etc.
  3. 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

  1. a sudden, plentiful outflow
  2. gushing talk or writing

gush Related Forms

gush·ing adjective gush·ingly adverb

gush Synonyms

gush

n.

gush Synonyms

gush

v.

  1. To spout

    pour, well, spew; see flow 2.

  2. To emit copiously

    pour fourth, flood, surge; see flow 1.

  3. *To act or speak effusively

    prate, prattle, gloze; see babble.

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.

Browse dictionary entries near gush

  1. guru
  2. gurry
  3. gurney
  4. gurnard
  5. Gurkha
  6. gurglet
  7. gurgle
  8. gurgitation
  9. gurge
  10. guppy
  1. gusher
  2. gushing
  3. gushy
  4. gusset
  5. gussy
  6. gust
  7. Gustaf
  8. gustation
  9. gustatory
  10. Gustavus