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| Main Entry: |
gush
 [guhsh] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outpouring |
| Synonyms: | burst, cascade, flood, flow, flush, issue, jet, run, rush, spate, spout, spring, spurt, stream, surge |
| Main Entry: | gush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak with overwhelming enthusiasm |
| Synonyms: | babble*, blather, carry on about, chatter, effervesce, effuse, enthuse, fall all over, go on about, jabber, make a to-do over, overstate, prate, prattle, rave |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flatter |
| Synonyms: | apple polish, brown-nose, fall all over, fawn, gush, kiss feet, praise, worship |
Example Sentences
- But here is a matter of the highest subjectivity, and objections are sure to gush forth.
- Steam, ash, and molten rock may gush out through the volcano.
- If so, that would explain why oil continues to gush from three distinct locations on the sea floor.
| Main Entry: | babble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk trivially, often incessantly |
| Synonyms: | blab, blubber, blurt, burble, cackle, chat, chatter, gibber, go on, gossip, gush, jabber, mumble, murmur, mutter, patter, prate, prattle, rant, rave, run off at the mouth, run on, spill the beans, squeal, talk foolishly, talk incoherently, talk nonsensically, tattle, trivialize, yak, yakkety yak |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
| Main Entry: | belch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burp; spew |
| Synonyms: | discharge, disgorge, emit, eruct, eructate, erupt, give off, gush, hiccup, irrupt, repeat, ventilate, vomit |
| Main Entry: | bleed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause blood to flow |
| Synonyms: | drain, exude, gush, hemorrhage, leech, ooze, open vein, phlebotomize, run, seep, shed, spurt, trickle, weep |
| Main Entry: | bubble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | foam, froth up, especially with sound |
| Synonyms: | boil, burble, churn, eddy, effervesce, erupt, fester, fizz, gurgle, gush, issue, moil, murmur, percolate, ripple, seep, seethe, simmer, smolder, sparkle, spume, stir, swash, trickle, well |
| Main Entry: | burst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blow-up, blast |
| Synonyms: | access, bang, barrage, blowout, bombardment, breach, break, cannonade, crack, discharge, eruption, explosion, fit, flare, fusillade, gush, gust, outbreak, outpouring, round, rupture, rush, sally, salvo, shower, spate, split, spurt, storm, surge, torrent, volley |
| Main Entry: | cascade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall in a rush |
| Synonyms: | descend, disgorge, flood, gush, heave, overflow, pitch, plunge, pour, spew, spill, spit up, surge, throw up, tumble, vomit |
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