gushes

Pours out fast

Gushes is the third-person singular of gush.

To gush is to flow out rapidly and abundantly: Water gushed from the broken pipe.

Figuratively, to gush is to express enthusiasm effusively, often to an excessive or cloying degree: She gushes over every new restaurant like it's the best thing she's ever tasted.

As a noun, a gush is a sudden outpouring.

flowing

spurts

Sudden forceful emissions

cascades · floods · pours · jets · erupts · bursts · rushes · wells · springs · squirts

effusive

enthuses

Shows keen excitement

  • ravesEnthusiastic acclaim or techno parties
  • gloatsRelishes triumph smugly
  • swoonsFaints from emotion

fawns · flatters · praises · exclaims · effuses · overpraises · lavishes · admires · emotes · babbles

Categories
Opposites
flow volume/intensity

gushestrickles

Flows in drops

dribbles · drips · seeps · oozes · leaks

emotional expression intensity

gushesrestrains

Holds back or controls

withholds · holds back · understates · downplays · suppresses

Phrases
Family

gush, gushing, gushed, gushy, gusher, gushiness, gushers

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G