gush
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Middle English, possibly from Old Norse geysa (“to gush”), cognate with German gießen (“to pour”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gush (plural gushes)
Translations[edit]
sudden rapid outflow
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Verb[edit]
gush (third-person singular simple present gushes, present participle gushing, simple past and past participle gushed)
- To flow forth suddenly, in great volume.
- Edmund Spenser
- A sea of blood gushed from the gaping wound.
- Edmund Spenser
- To make an excessive display of enthusiasm or sentiment.
- (of a woman, during orgasm) To ejaculate a clear fluid from the urethra
Translations[edit]
to flow forth suddenly
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to make an excessive display of enthusiasm
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Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Albanian *gunša, close to Lithuanian gùžas (“knag”), Old Norse kjuka (“ankle”) and Old Church Slavonic gustъ (gustŭ, “thick, dense”).
Noun[edit]
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