gush

Etymology

From Middle English guschen, gusshen, gosshien, perhaps from Middle Dutch guysen (“to flow out with a gurgling sound, gush”) or Old Norse gusa (“to gush”), ultimately imitative. Compare Old Norse geysa (“to gush”), German gießen (“to pour”), Old English ġēotan ("to pour"; > English yote). Related to gust.

noun

1. A sudden rapid outflow.
   There was a cartoon woman in an apron on the front. She stood with one hand on her hip while she used the other hand to pour a gush of drain-cleaner into something that was either an industrial sink or Orson Welles's bidet. 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger

verb

1. (intransitive, also figurative) To flow forth suddenly, in great volume.
   Water gushed out of the broken pipe.
   After he was stabbed, blood came gushing out his throat.
   All the complaints she'd bottled up came gushing out during their marriage counselling session.
2. (transitive, also figurative) To send (something) flowing forth suddenly in great volume.
   The other was no longer capable of controlling his anger; his parasite creature amplified his passion by ten; his jaws cracked open and his great mouth gushed blood from torn gums as teeth grew out of them like bone sickles. 1993, Brian Lumley, Blood Brothers, Macmillan, page 119
   A beautiful spring gushed water from the ground in this mountainous sector of Polk County, inspiring the name of the place. 2001, Larry L. Miller, Tennessee Place-names, Indiana University Press, page 196
3. (intransitive, especially of a woman) To ejaculate during orgasm.
   Her orgasm exploded over her, making her writhe and cry out his name. She gushed over his hand, her cunt gripping and releasing his invading fingers. 2008, Anya Bast, The Chosen Sin, Penguin, page 154
   Somehow, this made his ejaculations all the more exciting, sending hot tingles streaking through her as he gushed. 2009, Emma Holly, Kissing Midnight, Penguin
   […] she pulled off an amazing orgasm, one after another, she gushed with force, […] 2014, Stewart N. Johnson, Parthian Stranger 2 Conspiracy, Trafford Publishing
   Odd. She'd never managed to do that to herself before—to climax so hard she gushed. Sometimes her sex partners didn't satisfy her as well as she could on her own, but her most intense orgasms had always been with others. 2017, Cara McKinnon, Memories of Magic, Stars and Stone Books
4. (intransitive, transitive, figurative) To make an excessive display of enthusiasm, praise, or sentiment.
   Miss Johnson gushed approval with her usual air of coquettish superiority. 1911, Thompson Buchanan, Making People Happy, page 14
   Randy Thornton, a producer with Walt Disney Records, put it this way: “Walt was not a man who gushed praise. His biggest words of approval were, 'That'll work.' 2010, Pat Williams, Jim Denney, How to Be Like Walt: Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Life, Simon and Schuster
   Nellie routinely gushed praise to students for good performance whereas Frank was much more sparing in praising students. 2017, Judson G. Everitt, Lesson Plans: The Institutional Demands of Becoming a Teacher, Rutgers University Press