geyser

noun

Definition of geysernext
1
as in fountain

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2
as in spit

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Recent Examples of geyser The attack happened on Mystic Falls Trail near the ever-popular Old Faithful geyser in Wyoming, the park service said. — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 6 May 2026 The seamless experience of core Google Search plus Gemini — paired with the Apple Siri partnership, the profit geyser of YouTube, and fast-growing Google Cloud — adds up to a stock worth owning. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026 On the plains was a female bison standing vigil through the night, a statue of white from the hydrothermal spray of a nearby geyser falling as frost back toward the earth. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026 But a few hundred feet away is Echinus Geyser, the largest acidic geyser in the world. — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 4 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for geyser
Recent Examples of Synonyms for geyser
  1. fountain
  2. spit
  3. spring
  4. spray
  5. wellspring
  6. burst
  7. fountainhead
  8. jet
Noun
  • On land, a volcanic eruption is dramatic—columns of ash, fountains of lava, a complete remaking of the terrain.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 31 July 2026
  • And the animals have to stay away from fountains and off the escalators.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Definition of fountain
Noun
  • Jericho spit mist in Ciampa’s face and hit the Judas Effect for a nearfall.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Horn Island is uninhabited and accessible only by boat, an 11-mile (18-kilometer) spit of land near the Alabama state line.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Definition of spit
Noun
  • The spring was tough for Ruud, who was a close friend to Raheem Morris and owes his spot in the NFL to the Falcons’ former coach.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 25 July 2026
  • Guerendo tore a pec in the spring and faces an uphill battle to make the team after San Francisco invested in Jordan James and Kaelon Black in the last two drafts to back up Christian McCaffrey.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of spring
Noun
  • Use a texturing spray or wax and your fingers for a spiky look.
    — Emma Ashe, Southern Living, 26 July 2026
  • Count on 12 seconds of continuous spray, or 24 bursts, that reach up to 12 feet away.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2026
Definition of spray
Noun
  • For much of her defining run, Lizzo was emblematic of an idyllic extramusical experiment, her songs a wellspring for yas queen enthusiasm.
    — Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 16 June 2026
  • The collection’s wellspring is the late-19th century and early-20th ceramics of Nampeyo of Hano (Tewa) and Maria Martinez (San Ildefonso).
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Definition of wellspring
Noun
  • Denver Post via Getty Images On the night of July 31st, 1976, Colorado's monsoon season unleashed a torrential burst of rain from a nearly stationary thunderstorms across the Big Thompson Canyon between Estes Park and Loveland.
    — Dave Aguilera, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • The year the housing bubble burst, 860k American properties were repossessed.
    — HubSpot, HubSpot, 31 July 2026
Definition of burst
Noun
  • Drummer Booker Stardrum sits behind the kit for rising jazz jammers SML, while Moog player Ben Vida co-founded the turn-of-the-century minimalist-ambient group Town & Country, and logged time in post-emo fountainhead Joan of Arc.
    — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 3 July 2026
  • The board pointed to the 46th annual OB Street Fair & Chili Cook-Off on Saturday, June 27, along Newport Avenue as a possible fountainhead of public input, given the usual thousands of people who attend.
    — Steven Mihailovich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
Definition of fountainhead
Noun
  • Earlier this week, Toney shared a photo on his Instagram story from inside a private jet.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Footage released by the company shows the twin-engine jet rolling down the runway under its own power as engineers assess braking, steering, engine response and ground handling.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026
Definition of jet

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