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UK
/ɡˈʌʃɪŋ/
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[ US /ˈɡəʃɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈɡəʃɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm
a novel told in burbly panting tones -
flowing profusely
a gushing hydrant
pouring flood waters -
extravagantly demonstrative
insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship
write unrestrained and gushy poetry
a large gushing female
How To Use gushing In A Sentence
- The trouble started last Wednesday when we got home to find the overflow pipe gushing water from the side of the house.
- I'm a bleeder, someone just has to speak to me sharply and I'm gushing pints, so no blood means hopefully no big deal.
- The locals are not gushing with enthusiasm and little wonder. The Sun
- She is frisky and good humoured like a bouncy Labrador, gushing with anecdotes punctuated by a laugh, which is a cross between a joyous cackle and a happy crow.
- In the front matter of Moby-Dick, William Paley's Natural Theology is quoted: "The aorta of a whale is larger in the bore than the main pipe of the water-works at London Bridge, and the water roaring in its passage through that pipe is inferior in impetus and velocity to the blood gushing from the whale's heart. Stefan Beck: Beaches: Bergman's The Seventh Seal & the Wellfleet Oyster Festival
- Blood was gushing out of his nose, mouth and eyes. The Sun
- With a sudden gushing sound, the fans on the ceiling whirred into movement. DESPERADOES
- What better a way to spend a cold winter night than in front of the computer with a bottle of Scotch and box of Kleenex writing gushing adieus to those you love?
- The locals are not gushing with enthusiasm and little wonder. The Sun
- When it has paid its tribute to the royal pile, and visited its gardens and pastures, it flows down the long avenue leading to the city, trinkling in rills, gushing in fountains, and maintaining a perpetual verdure in those groves that embower and beautify the whole hill of the Alhambra. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8