geyser
English
Etymology
From the name of a particular Icelandic geyser which is mentioned as early as the 1760s in The Annual Register, as “Geyser, a wonderful spring in the valley of Haukadal”.[1] From Geysir (“Gusher”), the Icelandic name of the hot spring in Iceland (see Wikipedia), from the verb geysa (“to gush”), from Old Norse geysa (“to gush”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -aɪzə(r) or Rhymes: -iːzə(r)
- Homophones: guiser, geezer
Noun
geyser (plural geysers)
- (planetology, geology, volcanology) A boiling natural spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam.
- (British, archaic) An instantaneous, and often dangerous, hot water heater.
- 1902. William Paton Buchan, Plumbing: A Text-book to the Practice of the Art Or Craft of the Plumber:
- Where a Geyser or hot-water heater is used it is a good and wise precaution to see that the bath-room, &c., when it is used is well ventilated.
- 1998, Gordon S Riess, Confessions of a Corporate Centurion: Tales of International Adventures:
- Water was heated either on the gas stove, or on a wall mounted gas-fired "geyser" heater.
- 2002, Alaine Polcz, One woman in the war: Hungary, 1944-1945:
- It was here I saw a geyser gas water heater in a bathroom for the first time. (I was afraid of it).
- 1902. William Paton Buchan, Plumbing: A Text-book to the Practice of the Art Or Craft of the Plumber:
- (South Africa) A domestic water boiler.
Derived terms
Translations
boiling spring
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archaic: hot water heater — see also hot water heater
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domestic water boiler
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Verb
geyser (third-person singular simple present geysers, present participle geysering, simple past and past participle geysered)
- (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) rush or burst upward like water from a geyser.
References
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
geyser m (plural geysers)
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