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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gush \Gush\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gushed}; p. pr & vb n.
{Gushing}.] [OE. guschen cf Icel. gusa and gjsa, also D.
gucsen perh. akin to AS ge['o]tan to pour, G. giessen
Goth. giutan E. gut. Cf {Found} to cast.]
1. To issue with violence and rapidity, as a fluid; to rush
forth as a fluid from confinement; to flow copiously.
He smote the rock that the waters gushed out --Ps
ixxviii 20.
A sea of blood gushed from the gaping wound.
--Spenser.
2. To make a sentimental or untimely exhibition of affection;
to display enthusiasm in a silly, demonstrative manner.
[Colloq.]
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