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Gush v. t.

A sudden and violent issue of a fluid from an inclosed plase; an emission of a liquid in a large quantity, and with force; the fluid thus emitted; a rapid outpouring of anything; as, a gush of song from a bird. "The gush of springs, An fall of lofty foundains."

A sentimental exhibition of affection or enthusiasm, etc.; effusive display of sentiment. (Collog.)

Gush v. i. (past & past part. gushed; pres. part. gushing)

To issue with violence and rapidity, as a fluid; to rush forth as a fluid from confinement; to flow copiously. "He smote the rock that the waters gushed out." "A sea of blood gushed from the gaping wound."

To make a sentimental or untimely exhibition of affection; to display enthusiasm in a silly, demonstrative manner. (Colloq.)

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"Gush" Quotes from Famous Books

... When the first gush of emotion had subsided, she said, in a soft, low voice, "Where have you been, dear Paralus?" The invalid answered: "A thick vapour enveloped me, as with a dark cloud; and a stunning noise pained my head with its violence. A voice said to me, ...

— Philothea - A Grecian Romance • Lydia Maria Child

... he speaks, and also the niches therein. He helps us to understand the insignificant points which mark the rapid undercurrents of the seemingly sluggish soul of Khalid. Not in vain, therefore, does he crystallise for us that first tear he shed in the harbour of Manhattan. But his gush about the recondite beauty of this pearl of melancholy, shall not be intended upon the gustatory nerves of the Reader. This then we note—his description ...

— The Book of Khalid • Ameen Rihani

... could they 'a' be'n meant for but him and you?" cried Grandma, in a gush of sympathy; "him and you, and anybody else as you seen needed them words and could give 'em to 'em to quiet 'em; for, dear woman! there ain't none on us that see into it, but jest to say it over. Dear woman! we don't know no more. It's what's a restin' all on us. ...

— Cape Cod Folks • Sarah P. McLean Greene

... nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men." He informed the Mormons that the Church was the salt; that dissenters were the salt that had lost its flavour; and that they were literally to be trodden under the foot of the Church, until their bowels should gush out. ...

— Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet • Captain Marryat

... refinement, and found his impulse to art not so much in delicate perception as in vivid sensation. There was ever a reaction from the meditative. His temperament is Teutonic—hardy, cordial, and brave. Such men hold the conventional in little reverence, and their natures gush like mountain streams, with wild freedom ...

— Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made • James D. McCabe, Jr.

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