gush

English

Etymology

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Middle English, possibly from Old Norse geysa (“to gush”), cognate with German gießen (“to pour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌʃ/

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• Rhymes: -ʌʃ

Noun

gush (plural gushes)

1. A sudden rapid outflow.

Translations

sudden rapid outflow

• Bulgarian: бликване (bg) n (blikvane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 噴出 (zh), 喷出 (zh) (pēnchū)

• Dutch: gutsen (nl) n
• Finnish: purskahdus (fi), ryöpsähdys (fi)
• French: jaillissement (fr)
• Galician: gurgullón m, gorgozada f

• German: Schwall (de) m, Flut (de) f
• Irish: scaird f
• Japanese: 噴出 (ふんしゅつ, funshutsu)
• Portuguese: esguicho (pt) m
• Russian: внеза́пный пото́к m (vnezápnyj potók), вы́брос (ru) m (výbros), струя́ (ru) f (strujá)
• Westrobothnian: sput m

Verb

gush (third-person singular simple present gushes, present participle gushing, simple past and past participle gushed)

1. To flow forth suddenly, in great volume.
   • Edmund Spenser

     A sea of blood gushed from the gaping wound.

2. To make an excessive display of enthusiasm or sentiment.
3. (of a woman, during orgasm) To ejaculate a clear fluid from the urethra

Translations

to flow forth suddenly

• Bulgarian: бликвам (bg) (blikvam), руквам (bg) (rukvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 噴 (zh), 喷 (zh) (pēn), 噴薄 (zh), 喷薄 (zh) (pēnbó), 噴出 (zh), 喷出 (zh) (pēnchū)

• Finnish: purskahtaa, pursuta (fi), hulahtaa, ryöpsähtää
• French: jaillir (fr)
• German: sich ergießen, strömen (de), herausquellen
• Irish: scaird

• Japanese: 噴出する (ふんしゅつする, funshutsu suru), 湧き出る (わきでる, wakideru)
• Maori: kuhī, hīrere, kapukapu, totō
• Portuguese: esguichar (pt)
• Russian: хлы́нуть (ru) pf (xlýnutʹ), струи́ться (ru) impf (struítʹsja), фонтани́ровать (ru) impf (fontanírovatʹ), бить струёй impf (bitʹ strujój)
• Spanish: manar (es), salir a borbotones
• Westrobothnian: spūt

to make an excessive display of enthusiasm

• Finnish: puuskahtaa
• German: schwärmen (de)

• Maori: pātere

Anagrams

• Shug, hugs, shug

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *gunša, close to Lithuanian gùžas (“knag”), Old Norse kjuka (“ankle”) and Old Church Slavonic gustъ (gustŭ, “thick, dense”).

Noun

gush f

1. neck, Adam's apple

Related terms

• gungë
• kungull