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gush
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- pronunciation:
- guhsh
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
gushes, gushing, gushed |
| definition 1: |
to flood out abundantly and with considerable force, as a liquid being released from compression; spurt.
Water gushed from the open fire hydrant.- synonyms:
- flood, jet, spout, spurt
- antonyms:
- trickle
- similar words:
- belch, erupt, flow, flush, issue, overflow, pour, run, rush, squirt, stream, surge, swell, vent, well
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| definition 2: |
to speak in an exaggeratedly emotional or enthusiastic manner.
"I love all of your movies!" she gushed when introduced to the director.- synonyms:
- emote, sentimentalize
- similar words:
- bubble over, effervesce
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| definition 3: |
to experience a sudden, abundant, or violent outpouring, as of tears.
- synonyms:
- flood
- similar words:
- burst, flow, overflow, stream, surge, swell
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| related words: |
cascade, course, drip, escape, jet, leak, rave, start |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to emit in a sudden or abundant outflow; spurt.
The deep wound gushed blood.- synonyms:
- flood, jet, spout, spurt
- antonyms:
- trickle
- similar words:
- erupt, overflow, pour, squirt, stream, vent, well
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| related words: |
babble, belch, jet, leak |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an abrupt, abundant, or forceful outflow.
- synonyms:
- flood, jet, spout, spurt
- antonyms:
- trickle
- similar words:
- effusion, flow, flush, overflow, pour, stream, surge, swell, torrent
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| definition 2: |
a fluid emitted in a gush.
- synonyms:
- jet, spout, spurt
- similar words:
- effusion, flow, overflow, pour, stream, swell, torrent
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| definition 3: |
an exaggerated display of unreserved emotional or sentimental language.
- similar words:
- ebullition, effusion, flush, mush
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| related words: |
belch, burst, issue, jet, leak, outburst, wave |
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| derivation: |
gushingly (adv.) |
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