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Geyser

//ˈɡaɪ.zɚ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
A boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam.
2
a spring that discharges hot water and steam wordnet
3
A momentary vertical jet or fountain of fluid driven upwards by a violent force. broadly
"Sporting a few war wounds from Japanese destroyer gunfire, The Sullivans had already launched one spread of torpedoes at the Japanese destroyers that were now littering the ocean floor, or, occasionally, making their own retreat, but she still had one left, so a five-torpedo spread was duly sent at near-point-blank range into the listing and burning remains of Yamato, and, shortly thereafter, four large geysers of water were the reward."
4
An instantaneous, and often dangerous, hot water heater. British, archaic
"Where a Geyser or hot-water heater is used it is a good and wise precaution to see that the bath-room, &c., when it is used is well ventilated."
5
A domestic water boiler. South-Africa, South-Asia

Verb

1
To (cause to) rush or burst upward like water from a geyser. ambitransitive
"Four jets of water geysered upward from the sea. Short and wide. He noted it. Ranging salvo. His division was discovered."
2
to overflow like a geyser wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the name of a particular Icelandic geyser which is mentioned as early as the 1760s in The Annual Register, as “Geyser, a wonderful spring in the valley of Haukadal”. From Geysir (“Gusher”), the Icelandic name of the hot spring in Iceland (see Wikipedia), from the verb geysa (“to gush”), from Old Norse geysa (“to gush”). Doublet of gusher.

Etymology 2

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