Definitions for gush
gʌʃgush

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flush, gush, outpouringnoun

   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"

2. effusion, gush, outburst, blowup, ebullitionverb

   an unrestrained expression of emotion

3. spurt, spirt, gush, spoutverb

   gush forth in a sudden stream or jet

   "water gushed forth"

4. rave, gushverb

   praise enthusiastically

   "She raved about that new restaurant"

5. jet, gushverb

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

   "Water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the building"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gushnoun

   A sudden rapid outflow.

2. gushverb

   To flow forth suddenly, in great volume.

3. gushverb

   To make an excessive display of enthusiasm or sentiment.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gushnoun

   An emission of liquor in a large quantity at once; the liquor so emitted.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   If a lung-vein be bursted, generally at the first cough a great gush of blood is coughed up. Gideon Harvey, on Consumpt.

2. To Gushverb

   Etymology: gostelen, Dutch.

   1. To flow or rush out with violence; not to spring in a small stream, but in a large body.

   A sea of blood gush’d from the gaping wound,
   That her gay garments stain’d with filthy gore. Fai. Queen.

   The covering of this abyss was broken asunder, and the water gushed out that made the deluge. Burnet.

   Incessant streams of thin magnetick rays
   Gush from their fountains with impetuous force,
   In either pole, then take an adverse course. Richard Blackmore.

   On either hand the gushing waters play,
   And down the rough cascade white-dashing fall. James Thomson.

   2. To emit in a copious effluxion.

   The gaping wound gush’d out a crimson flood. Dryden.

   Line after line my gushing eyes o’erflow,
   Led through a sad variety of woe. Alexander Pope.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gush

   Gush is a sudden flow (as in a washout, storm surge, or blood gush) or excessive enthusiasm.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gush

   Gush refers to the act of flowing or emitting rapidly and in large amounts, often in reference to a liquid. It can also refer to speaking or expressing one's emotions or thoughts in an effusive, enthusiastic, or unrestrained manner.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gushverb

   to issue with violence and rapidity, as a fluid; to rush forth as a fluid from confinement; to flow copiously

2. Gushverb

   to make a sentimental or untimely exhibition of affection; to display enthusiasm in a silly, demonstrative manner

3. Gushverb

   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

4. Gushverb

   a sentimental exhibition of affection or enthusiasm, etc.; effusive display of sentiment

5. Etymology: [OE. guschen, cf. Icel. gusa and gjsa, also D. gucsen; perh. akin to AS. getan to pour, G. giessen, Goth. giutan, E. gut. Cf. Found to cast.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gush

   gush, v.i. to flow out with violence or copiously: to be effusive, or highly sentimental.—n. that which flows out: a violent issue of a fluid.—n. Gush′er, an oil-well not needing to be pumped.—adj. Gush′ing, rushing forth with violence, as a liquid: flowing copiously: effusive.—adv. Gush′ingly.—adj. Gush′y, effusively sentimental. [Scand.; Ice. gusa, gjósa; Dut. gudsen. See Geyser.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gush

   A sudden violent wind experienced near mountainous lands; it is of short duration, and generally succeeded by fine breezes.

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1. gush

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2. GUSH

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GUSH

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gush is ranked #82613 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Gush surname appeared 228 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Gush.
   
   96.9% or 221 total occurrences were White.

Matched Categories

1. • Pour
   • Praise
   • Run

Anagrams for gush »

1. Shug

2. hugs

3. sugh

How to pronounce gush?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say gush in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gush in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gush in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of gush in a Sentence

1. President Obama:

   We gather here to honor the courage of ordinary Americans willing to endure billy clubs and the chastening rod; tear gas and the trampling hoof; men and women who despite the gush of blood and splintered bone would stay true to their North Star and keep marching toward justice.

2. Auguste Rodin:

   There is a continual exchange of ideas between all minds of a generation. Journalists, popular novelists, illustrators, and cartoonists adapt the truths discovered by the powerful intellects for the multitude. It is like a spiritual flood, like a gush that pours into multiple cascades until it forms the great moving sheet of water that stands for the mentality of a period.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gush
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gush
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=gush
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gush
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gush
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=gush
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=gush
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html