gush
verb
[ ɡʌʃ ]
• (of a liquid) flow out of something in a rapid and plentiful stream.
• "water gushed out of the washing machine"
Similar:
surge,
burst,
spout,
spurt,
jet,
stream,
rush,
pour,
spill,
well out,
cascade,
flood,
flow,
run,
issue,
emanate,
sloosh,
disembogue,
• speak or write effusively or with exaggerated enthusiasm.
• "everyone came up to me and gushed about how lucky I was"
Similar:
enthuse,
over-enthuse,
be enthusiastic,
be effusive,
effuse,
rave,
rhapsodize,
go into raptures,
wax lyrical,
effervesce,
bubble over,
get carried away,
make too much of,
overstate the case,
praise to the skies,
go mad,
go crazy,
go wild,
get all worked up,
go over the top,
big something up,
ballyhoo,
cry something up,
gush
noun
• a rapid and plentiful stream or burst of something.
• "a gush of blood"
Similar:
surge,
stream,
spurt,
jet,
spout,
outpouring,
outflow,
burst,
rush,
cascade,
flood,
torrent,
sweep,
flux,
efflux,
• effusiveness or exaggerated enthusiasm.
Origin:
late Middle English: probably imitative.
