'Gush' definitions:
Definition of 'gush'
(from WordNet)
noun
A sudden rapid flow (as of water); "he heard the flush of a toilet"; "there was a little gush of blood"; "she attacked him with an outpouring of words" [syn: flush, gush, outpouring]
noun
verb
verb
Praise enthusiastically; "She raved about that new restaurant" [syn: rave, gush]
verb
Issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth; "Water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the building" [syn: jet, gush]
Definition of 'Gush'
From: GCIDE
- Gush \Gush\, v. t.
- 1. A sudden and violent issue of a fluid from an inclosed plase; an emission of a liquid in a large quantity, and with force; the fluid thus emitted; a rapid outpouring of anything; as, a gush of song from a bird. [1913 Webster]
- The gush of springs, An fall of lofty foundains. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A sentimental exhibition of affection or enthusiasm, etc.; effusive display of sentiment. [Collog.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gush'
From: GCIDE
- Gush \Gush\ (g[u^]sh), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gushed (g[u^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Gushing.] [OE. guschen, cf. Icel. gusa and gjsa, also D. gucsen; perh. akin to AS. ge['o]tan to pour, G. giessen, Goth. giutan, E. gut. Cf. Found to cast.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To issue with violence and rapidity, as a fluid; to rush forth as a fluid from confinement; to flow copiously. [1913 Webster]
- He smote the rock that the waters gushed out. --Ps ixxviii 20. [1913 Webster]
- A sea of blood gushed from the gaping wound. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make a sentimental or untimely exhibition of affection; to display enthusiasm in a silly, demonstrative manner. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gush'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abound,
- abundance,
- access,
- accession,
- accretion,
- accrual,
- accruement,
- accumulation,
- addition,
- advance,
- affluence,
- afflux,
- affluxion,
- aggrandizement,
- ample sufficiency,
- ampleness,
- amplification,
- amplitude,
- anabasis,
- appreciation,
- ascension,
- ascent,
- augmentation,
- avalanche,
- babble,
- ballooning,
- be enthusiastic,
- be theatrical,
- belch,
- big mouth,
- blab,
- blabber,
- blather,
- blether,
- bloating,
- blow out,
- bob up,
- bonanza,
- boom,
- boost,
- bountifulness,
- bountiousness,
- break water,
- bristle with,
- broadening,
- bubble over,
- buildup,
- bumper crop,
- burst,
- candor,
- carry on over,
- cascade,
- chat,
- chatter,
- clack,
- clamber,
- clatter,
- climb,
- climbing,
- cloud of words,
- communicativeness,
- concourse,
- confluence,
- conflux,
- conversableness,
- copiousness,
- course,
- crawl with,
- creep with,
- crescendo,
- crosscurrent,
- current,
- debouchment,
- defluxion,
- development,
- diffuseness,
- diffusion,
- diffusiveness,
- discharge,
- dissiliency,
- dither,
- downflow,
- downpour,
- drain,
- drain out,
- drainage,
- drift,
- driftage,
- ebb,
- edema,
- effervesce,
- effluence,
- efflux,
- effluxion,
- effusion,
- effusiveness,
- elevation,
- emanate,
- emote,
- emotionalize,
- empty,
- enlargement,
- enthuse,
- eructation,
- eruption,
- escalade,
- exhalation,
- exhaust,
- expansion,
- extension,
- extravagance,
- exuberance,
- exuberate,
- fecundity,
- fertility,
- find vent,
- flare-up,
- flattering tongue,
- float up,
- flood,
- flow,
- flow back,
- flow in,
- flow of words,
- flow out,
- flowing,
- flowing tongue,
- flowoff,
- fluency,
- fluent tongue,
- flush,
- flux,
- flux de bouche,
- flux de paroles,
- flux of words,
- fly up,
- foison,
- font,
- formlessness,
- fount,
- fountain,
- frankness,
- full measure,
- fullness,
- gab,
- gabble,
- gain,
- garrulity,
- garrulousness,
- gas,
- gassiness,
- generosity,
- generousness,
- geyser,
- gibber,
- gibble-gabble,
- gift of gab,
- glibness,
- go on,
- go on over,
- gossip,
- great abundance,
- great plenty,
- greatening,
- gregariousness,
- growth,
- gush out,
- gush over,
- gushiness,
- gushing,
- gyring up,
- ham it up,
- haver,
- hike,
- increase,
- increment,
- inflation,
- inflow,
- insincerity,
- issue,
- jabber,
- jaw,
- jet,
- jump,
- jump up,
- landslide,
- lavishness,
- leap,
- leap up,
- levitation,
- liberality,
- liberalness,
- logorrhea,
- long-windedness,
- loose tongue,
- loquaciousness,
- loquacity,
- lots,
- luxuriance,
- macrology,
- make,
- make a scene,
- make much of,
- maximum,
- mill run,
- millrace,
- more than enough,
- mount,
- mounting,
- much,
- multiplication,
- myriad,
- myriads,
- natter,
- numerousness,
- oiliness,
- onrush,
- onward course,
- openness,
- opulence,
- opulency,
- outbreak,
- outburst,
- outfall,
- outflow,
- outflowing,
- outpour,
- outpouring,
- overflow,
- palilogy,
- patter,
- play,
- plenitude,
- plenteousness,
- plentifulness,
- plenty,
- pleonasm,
- pop up,
- pour,
- pour forth,
- pour out,
- prate,
- prattle,
- prevalence,
- prodigality,
- productiveness,
- productivity,
- profuseness,
- profusion,
- proliferate,
- proliferation,
- prolificacy,
- prolificity,
- prolixity,
- quantities,
- race,
- rain,
- raise,
- ramble on,
- rampancy,
- rankness,
- rapids,
- rattle,
- rattle on,
- rave,
- rave about,
- redundancy,
- reel off,
- regurgitate,
- reiteration,
- reiterativeness,
- repetition for effect,
- repetitiveness,
- repleteness,
- repletion,
- rhapsodize,
- rich harvest,
- rich vein,
- richness,
- riot,
- riotousness,
- rise,
- rising,
- rocket,
- rocketing up,
- roll,
- run,
- run on,
- run out,
- run over,
- runoff,
- rush,
- saltation,
- scads,
- sentimentalize,
- set,
- shoot up,
- shooting up,
- shower,
- skyrocket,
- slobber,
- slobber over,
- slop over,
- sluice,
- sluice out,
- slush,
- smarm,
- snowballing,
- soaring,
- sociability,
- spate,
- spate of words,
- spew,
- spew out,
- spit,
- spout,
- spout off,
- spout out,
- spouter,
- spray,
- spread,
- spring,
- spring up,
- spritz,
- spurt,
- spurtle,
- squirt,
- start up,
- stream,
- substantiality,
- substantialness,
- superabundance,
- superfluity,
- superflux,
- surface,
- surge,
- surge back,
- swarm with,
- swelling,
- take on over,
- takeoff,
- taking off,
- talk away,
- talk nonsense,
- talk on,
- talkativeness,
- tautology,
- teem,
- teem with,
- teemingness,
- that flattering unction,
- theatricalize,
- tide,
- tirade,
- tittle-tattle,
- torrent,
- trend,
- tumescence,
- twaddle,
- twattle,
- unction,
- unctuousness,
- undercurrent,
- undertow,
- up,
- upclimb,
- upcoming,
- updraft,
- upgang,
- upgo,
- upgoing,
- upgrade,
- upgrowth,
- uphill,
- upleap,
- uplift,
- upping,
- uprisal,
- uprise,
- uprising,
- uprush,
- upshoot,
- upslope,
- upspear,
- upspring,
- upstart,
- upsurge,
- upsurgence,
- upsweep,
- upswing,
- uptrend,
- upturn,
- vault,
- vault up,
- verbosity,
- volcan,
- volubility,
- vomit,
- vomit forth,
- vomit out,
- waffle,
- water flow,
- waxing,
- wealth,
- well,
- well out,
- widening,
- windiness,
- yak,
- yakkety-yak,
- zooming