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gush

DEFINITIONS OF: gush

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v gush forth in a sudden stream or jet

“water gushed forth”
Synonyms:
spirt, spout, spurt
Types:
pump
flow intermittently
blow
spout moist air from the blowhole
whoosh
gush or squirt out
Type of:
pour
flow in a spurt

v issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth

Synonyms:
jet
Type of:
course, feed, flow, run
move along, of liquids

v praise enthusiastically

Synonyms:
rave
Type of:
praise
express approval of

n a sudden rapid flow (as of water)

“there was a little gush of blood”
Synonyms:
flush, outpouring
Types:
springtide
a swelling rush of anything
Type of:
flow, flowing
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

n an unrestrained expression of emotion

Synonyms:
blowup, ebullition, effusion, outburst
Types:
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acting out
a (usually irritating) impulsive and uncontrollable outburst by a problem child or a neurotic adult
cry
a fit of weeping
explosion
a sudden outburst
flare
a sudden outburst of emotion
Type of:
expression, manifestation, reflection, reflexion
expression without words
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