fountaining

verb

present participle of fountain
as in spurting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fountaining
  1. spurting
  2. gushing
  3. spouting
  4. coursing
Verb
  • Once opened, check for foul odors, cloudiness, or spurting liquid when opening.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 13 July 2026
  • The peonies in my yard were blooming, spurting really.
    — Maria Zorn, Longreads, 24 Feb. 2026
Definition of spurting
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  • Speaking to Variety in 2024 about writing and directing the remake of the 1986 movie Witchboard, Russell spoke about what mattered to him telling the story decades after the original film, while also gushing about his love of filmmaking.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 24 July 2026
  • Waterhouse sat down for a rare interview with British Vogue and could not stop gushing about her man.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 18 July 2026
Definition of gushing
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  • Camera footage recorded June 18 showed the pool occasionally spouting water 20 to 30 feet into the air before returning to an active boil.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 24 June 2026
  • Camera observations taken on June 18 showed intermittent episodes of spouting within the pool.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 June 2026
Definition of spouting
Verb
  • Merchant galleons coursing into the port of Caldera would be groaning with cacao, tobacco, livestock and hardwoods, transported down by mule from the transit hub of Esparza in the mountain basin above.
    — Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • In the background, two lawsuits are coursing through the court system seeking to curb the naming effort altogether.
    — Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2026
Definition of coursing
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