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gushing

gushing

4.1
Flowing out quickly and in large amounts
  • adjective
  • /ˈɡʌʃɪŋ/
translation icon : chorreante
  • The water was gushing from the broken pipe, creating a large puddle on the street.

And I'm told that that's a source of gushing blood.

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Examples

  • It's that free flowing water gushing through the stands from the stadium that's an indictment of the club.

  • I got hit right above my right eye and it's just gushing blood.

  • Some men carry him in and blood is gushing from his neck.

  • Some men carry him in and blood is gushing from his neck.

  • Like if if you look at, Oh my gosh, look at it gushing from the middle there a little sweet.

  • It's flowing, it's gushing across life, across the world, across territories, across, you know, times and stories.

  • And he runs behind the screws, bloods gushing out of me head.

  • I mean, when you get, when you get a state that has that has eaten up so much of the of, of the private economy, there's money gushing out everywhere.

  • The ground split apart, gushing poisons and gases, which exploded, creating the oceans.

  • The ground split apart, gushing poisons and gases which exploded, creating the oceans.

Synonyms

to pour
vsgushing
588 1.0

To make liquid flow in a steady stream from a container

is faster and more violent than a steady stream
to squirt
vsgushing
67 2.3

To push liquid out quickly in a thin stream

is broader and usually more prolonged than a thin line
to gush
vsgushing
26 3.2

To flow out suddenly and forcefully, like blood from a wound

is more continuous and sustained in rapid large flow
to pour out
vsgushing
22 2.9

Make liquid flow out of a container

is more sudden and shows stronger pushing force
to flow out
vsgushing
16 2.9

Move or pour out in a steady stream, often a liquid

is faster and more forceful with greater volume
to pour out of
vsgushing
12 3.7

To leave a place quickly in large numbers

applies to liquids flowing rapidly rather than people leaving
to spout
vsgushing
9 3.7

To flow out quickly and forcefully in a strong stream

is broader and usually involves larger, less focused volume
to disgorge
vsgushing
1 8.6

To pour out a large amount of something suddenly in a strong stream

is specifically about fast large liquid movement rather than emptying
to sluice down
vsgushing
1 7.6

Flow quickly and strongly down a surface like water after heavy rain

is less controlled and more violently expelled overall
pouring
vsgushing
1.3

A liquid that moves quickly in large amounts, like heavy rain

is more forceful and energetic than a heavy steady flow
sluicing
vsgushing
7.3

Falling in a heavy, steady flow like strong rain

is more abrupt and less steadily channelled than that flow
outflowing
vsgushing
5.6

Moving outward in a steady stream from a source like water or gas

is more rapid and violent than mere continuous movement
to well out
vsgushing
6.1

To flow out in large amounts, like tears or blood

is more forceful and sudden than a gentle free flow
to geyser
vsgushing
7.5

To burst out suddenly and forcefully like a fountain

is similar but can describe less explosive, more sustained flow
to spurting
vsgushing
3.9

To force liquid out quickly in a narrow stream, like blood or water

is wider and more sustained, not brief narrow spurts
to spirt
vsgushing
  • Archaic
9.0

To send out a sudden thin stream of liquid

is less narrow and gives larger overall volume
to squirting
vsgushing
3.7

To come out in a thin fast stream, like water from a bottle

is stronger and more continuous than short narrow bursts
streaming
vsgushing
5.7

Giving off a lot of liquid, for example sweat or tears

is general for rapid large liquid movement, not only body fluids

Antonyms

70 3.4

To flow slowly in drops or a thin stream

How Forceful

surging
4.9
gushing
4.1
pouring
1.3
flowing
1 3.7
dripping
4 1.0

Surface Forms

gushing positive

Morphology

gushing = gush (transparent) = gush + ing

Standard verb + -ing formation with a literal meaning of flowing or pouring, easily derived from 'gush'.

Etymology

Gushing comes from the simple verb gush, which means 'to flow out quickly and in large amounts', like water coming from a broken pipe, so gushing describes something pouring out with force.