VERB | motion | gush, spurt, spirt, spout | gush forth in a sudden stream or jet |
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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). | |
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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. | |
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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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