| VERB | motion | gush, spurt, spirt, spout | gush forth in a sudden stream or jet |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | gush, rave | praise enthusiastically | |
| contact | gush, jet | issue in a jet | |
| NOUN | event | gush, flush, outpouring | a sudden rapid flow (as of water) |
| communication | gush, effusion, outburst, blowup, ebullition | an unrestrained / unrestrained expression / expression of emotion |
| Sounds | gah'sh | |
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| Rhymes | blush ... underbrush: 17 rhymes with ahsh... | |
| Meaning | A sudden rapid flow (as of water). | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "there was a little gush of blood" | |
| Synonyms | flush, outpouring | |
| Narrower | springtide | A swelling rush of anything |
| Broader | flow, flowing | The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids / liquids or gases) |
| Spanish | borbotón, oleada, oleaje | |
| Verbs | gush | gush forth in a sudden stream or jet |
| Meaning | An unrestrained / unrestrained expression / expression of emotion. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | effusion, outburst, blowup, ebullition | |
| Narrower | 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 | |
| Broader | expression, manifestation, reflection, reflexion | expression without words |
| Spanish | acceso, arranque, arrebatamiento, arrebato, chorreo, ebullición, efusión, estallido | |
| Catalan | arravatament, efusió, rampell, ravata | |
| Adjectives | gushy | extravagantly demonstrative |
| Verbs | gush | praise enthusiastically |
| Meaning | gush forth in a sudden stream or jet. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "water gushed forth" | |
| Synonyms | spurt, spirt, spout | |
| Narrower | blow | spout moist air from the blowhole |
| pump | Flow intermittently | |
| whoosh | gush or squirt out | |
| Broader | pour | Flow in a spurt |
| Spanish | borbotar, brotar, chorrear, escupir, manar a borbotones, salir a chorros, salir a chorro | |
| Catalan | adollar, borbollar, brollar, brotar, brullar, rajar, regalimar | |
| Nouns | gush | a sudden rapid flow (as of water) |
| gusher | an oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping / pumping is not necessary | |
| Meaning | praise enthusiastically. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | Sam and Sue gush over the results of the experiment | |
| Synonym | rave | |
| Broader | praise | Express approval of |
| Spanish | enaltecer, entusiasmarse, exaltar | |
| Nouns | gush | an unrestrained / unrestrained expression / expression of emotion |
| Meaning | issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonym | jet | |
| Broader | run, flow, feed, course | Move along, of liquids / liquids |
| Spanish | chorrear, derramar a borbotones, derramar, echar en chorro, gotear, lanzar a chorro, salir en chorro, salir | |
| Catalan | adollar, degotar, gotejar, rajar | |
| Nouns | gusher | an oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping / pumping is not necessary |
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