adj, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act or motion of something that gushes.

   "Oh, then what gushings forth of living water are seen to flow out from the smitten Rock!"

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of gush form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1. 1
   Flowing forth suddenly or violently.
2. 2
   Inclined to gush; effusive.

   "a gushing tourist"

Adjective

1. 1
   extravagantly demonstrative wordnet
2. 2
   uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm wordnet
3. 3
   flowing profusely wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

effusiverunningabundanceabundantadulatoryaffluent

Example

More examples

"Sami had fun watching the blood gushing from Layla's throat."

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.