gush

Plural: gushes

Noun

• a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
  • "there was a little gush of blood"
• an unrestrained expression of emotion
• A sudden rapid outflow.

Verb

Verb Forms: gushed, gushing, gushes

• To flow out rapidly and in large quantities.
• gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
  • "water gushed forth"
• praise enthusiastically
• issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth
• To flow forth suddenly, in great volume.
• To send (something) flowing forth suddenly in great volume.
• To ejaculate during orgasm.
• To make an excessive display of enthusiasm, praise, or sentiment.

Examples

• After he was stabbed, blood came gushing out his throat.
• All the complaints she'd bottled up came gushing out during their marriage counselling session.
• He started to gush about his high-scoring play, much to his opponent’s annoyance.
• The young mother was gushing over a baby.
• Water gushed out of the broken pipe.

Synonyms

blowup, ebullition, effusion, flush, jet, outburst, outpouring, rave, spirt, spout, spurt

Anagrams of gush