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as in flows
a flowing or going out
the dam burst with a stupendous gush of water
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as in bursts
a sudden intense expression of strong feeling
with his customary gush of tears, he once again begged his long-suffering wife to stay
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as in pours
to flow out in great quantities or with force
the dam cracked and water gushed from the break
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as in raves
to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm
he gushed about his favorite basketball player, calling him "the best there ever was"
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Recent Examples of gushes
Jenny Berg, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
Colette, Culpo gushes, is also a fan of the changing table.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Kirk can be seen reaching up with his right hand as blood gushes from the left side of his neck.
—Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
In downtown Cheboygan, Michigan, water gushes over a dam, swirls violently around a pond and flows a mile and a half out to Lake Huron.
—Andrew Montequin, jsonline.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Charlie Campbell, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
The songwriter frequently gushes about being a grandmother on social media and in interviews.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
With Batista already strapped to a kill table, Prater gushes over Dexter killing Lowell and Gareth.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
When that happens, water gushes out into the nearby Mendenhall Lake and eventually surges down the river.
—Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
Vogue’s associate shopping director Talia Abbas gushes, highlighting the stunning colorways.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
Colette, Culpo gushes, is also a fan of the changing table.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Kirk can be seen reaching up with his right hand as blood gushes from the left side of his neck.
—Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
In downtown Cheboygan, Michigan, water gushes over a dam, swirls violently around a pond and flows a mile and a half out to Lake Huron.
—Andrew Montequin, jsonline.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
While the world gushes over Africa’s natural resources, trouble brews with utilizing them—pollution, corruption, human rights abuses, criminal infiltration.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
The songwriter frequently gushes about being a grandmother on social media and in interviews.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
With Batista already strapped to a kill table, Prater gushes over Dexter killing Lowell and Gareth.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
When that happens, water gushes out into the nearby Mendenhall Lake and eventually surges down the river.
—Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gushes
Noun
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Fortunately, Marty, posing as a federal agent here to arrest Lee for harassment, bursts through the One Well doors in the nick of time.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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These collisions unleash bursts of energy, allowing physicists to explore the most fundamental building blocks of the universe.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The nozzle pours a thick stream of concrete while gliding precisely on its course, stacking each layer, one after another, about an inch thick.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Jane pours another glass of wine.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Ndiweni raves about how well prepared Newcastle head coach Eddie Howe and his staff were before the game.—
Nnamdi Onyeagwara,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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Luckel raves about how thick the pillow is, which plenty of reviewers on Amazon corroborate.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The children grow before the camera’s eye, taking their first steps and speaking their first words to the backdrop of explosions—moving from tent to tent, clinging to life, and longing for their mother’s embrace.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
10 Nov. 2025
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For soldiers caught in explosions, survival often comes at a steep physical cost.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The third-year running back was in the midst of a quiet season, getting just three rushes for six yards across three games.—
Noah Camras,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Like all sugar rushes, the high fades fast and you’re left with a stomachache.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
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These outbursts send radiation and charged particles hurling into space and can disrupt communications on Earth if the flare erupts from an Earth-facing sunspot.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Musk, whose partisan outbursts reportedly cost Tesla one million sales, remains the world’s wealthiest person, and could become the first-ever trillionaire.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Grant soon moved on, partnering with Gaia, a media company that streams content about alternative medicine and spirituality, to offer another version of his AI model.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
11 Nov. 2025
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The reemergence of trade protectionism is also choking the revenue streams poorer nations rely on to fund food and other essential imports.—
ARIF HUSAIN,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Towelie enthuses amid shots of a town overrun by the military.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Gushes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gushes. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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