gushing
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡʌʃɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ʌʃɪŋ
Adjective
gushing (comparative more gushing, superlative most gushing)
- Flowing forth suddenly or violently.
- Inclined to gush; effusive.
- a gushing tourist
- 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 4, in The History of Pendennis. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
- With what smothered sorrow, with what gushing pathos, Mrs. Haller delivered her part!
Derived terms
Translations
flowing forth suddenly or violently
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Noun
gushing (plural gushings)
- The act or motion of something that gushes.
- 1866, George Wyard, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Oh, then what gushings forth of living water are seen to flow out from the smitten Rock!
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