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   gush

   /ɡʌʃ/

   verb

   • 1. (of a liquid) flow out of something in a rapid and plentiful stream: "water gushed out of the washing machine" Similar surgeburstspoutspurtjetstreamrushpourspillwell outcascadefloodflowrunissueemanateinformal:slooshrare:disembogue
   • ▪ discharge (liquid) in a rapid and plentiful stream: "the tanker began to gush oil from its damaged hull"
   • 2. speak or write effusively or with exaggerated enthusiasm: "everyone came up to me and gushed about how lucky I was" Similar enthuseover-enthusebe enthusiasticbe effusiveeffuseraverhapsodizego into raptureswax lyricaleffervescebubble overget carried awaymake too much ofoverstate the casepraise to the skiesinformal:go madgo crazygo wildget all worked upgo over the topbig something upballyhoodated:cry something up

   noun

   • 1. a rapid and plentiful stream or burst of something: "a gush of blood"
   • 2. effusiveness or exaggerated enthusiasm.

   Word Origin late Middle English: probably imitative.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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