GUSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gush mean? 

• GUSH (noun)
  The noun GUSH has 2 senses:

1. a sudden rapid flow (as of water)

2. an unrestrained expression of emotion

  Familiarity information: GUSH used as a noun is rare.

• GUSH (verb)
  The verb GUSH has 3 senses:

1. gush forth in a sudden stream or jet

2. praise enthusiastically

3. issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth

  Familiarity information: GUSH used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUSH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sudden rapid flow (as of water)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

flush; gush; outpouring

Context example:

she attacked him with an outpouring of words

Hypernyms ("gush" is a kind of...):

flow; flowing (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gush"):

springtide (a swelling rush of anything)

Derivation:

gush (gush forth in a sudden stream or jet)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An unrestrained expression of emotion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

blowup; ebullition; effusion; gush; outburst

Hypernyms ("gush" is a kind of...):

expression; manifestation; reflection; reflexion (expression without words)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gush"):

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)

Derivation:

gush (praise enthusiastically)

gushy (extravagantly demonstrative)

• GUSH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they gush    ... he / she / it gushes   
Past simple: gushed   
Past participle: gushed   
-ing form: gushing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gush forth in a sudden stream or jet

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

gush; spirt; spout; spurt

Context example:

water gushed forth

Hypernyms (to "gush" is one way to...):

pour (flow in a spurt)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "gush"):

pump (flow intermittently)

blow (spout moist air from the blowhole)

whoosh (gush or squirt out)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

gush (a sudden rapid flow (as of water))

gusher (an oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping is not necessary)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Praise enthusiastically

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

gush; rave

Context example:

She raved about that new restaurant

Hypernyms (to "gush" is one way to...):

praise (express approval of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue gush over the results of the experiment

Derivation:

gush (an unrestrained expression of emotion)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

gush; jet

Context example:

flames were jetting out of the building

Hypernyms (to "gush" is one way to...):

course; feed; flow; run (move along, of liquids)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

gusher (an oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping is not necessary)

 Context examples 

Curtain eruptions occur on Earth where molten rock, or magma, gushes out of a deep fracture.

(Saturn Moon's Activity Could Be 'Curtain Eruptions', NASA)

Pardon this gush of sorrow; these ineffectual words are but a slight tribute to the unexampled worth of Henry, but they soothe my heart, overflowing with the anguish which his remembrance creates.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The blood from his nose gushed in a scarlet stream over the feet of the helmsman, who was none other than Louis, his boat-mate.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

And the tears gushed to her fine eyes.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

But his head was whirling round, the blood was gushing from his brow, his temple, his mouth.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It may be the result of an active galactic nucleus, where energy is gushing from a supermassive black hole.

(Massive Dead Disk Galaxy Challenges Theories of Galaxy Evolution, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Already I was unable to stand erect, when my eye caught something which brought a gush of hope back to my heart.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Morris, who had sunk to the ground, leaned on his elbow, holding his hand pressed to his side; the blood still gushed through his fingers.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“It has been my lot,” he observed, “to meet, in the diversified panorama of human existence, with an occasional oasis, but never with one so green, so gushing, as the present!”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The fair was pronounced a success, and when May bade Amy goodnight, she did not gush as usual, but gave her an affectionate kiss, and a look which said 'forgive and forget'.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)