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gush
English
Etymology
From Middle English guschen, gusshen, gosshien, perhaps from Middle Dutch guysen (“to flow out with a gurgling sound, gush”) or Old Norse gusa (“to gush”), ultimately imitative.
Compare Old Norse geysa (“to gush”), German gießen (“to pour”), Old English ??otan ("to pour"; > English yote). Related to gust.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
gush (plural gushes)
- A sudden rapid outflow.
- 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger
- There was a cartoon woman in an apron on the front. She stood with one hand on her hip while she used the other hand to pour a gush of drain-cleaner into something that was either an industrial sink or Orson Welles's bidet.
- 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger
Translations
Verb
gush (third-person singular simple present gushes, present participle gushing, simple past and past participle gushed)
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To flow forth suddenly, in great volume.
- (transitive, also figuratively) To send (something) flowing forth suddenly in great volume.
- 1993, Brian Lumley, Blood Brothers, Macmillan (?ISBN), page 119:
- The other was no longer capable of controlling his anger; his parasite creature amplified his passion by ten; his jaws cracked open and his great mouth gushed blood from torn gums as teeth grew out of them like bone sickles.
- 2001, Larry L. Miller, Tennessee Place-names, Indiana University Press (?ISBN), page 196:
- A beautiful spring gushed water from the ground in this mountainous sector of Polk County, inspiring the name of the place.
- 1993, Brian Lumley, Blood Brothers, Macmillan (?ISBN), page 119:
- (intransitive, especially of a woman) To ejaculate during orgasm.
- 2008, Anya Bast, The Chosen Sin, Penguin (?ISBN), page 154:
- Her orgasm exploded over her, making her writhe and cry out his name. She gushed over his hand, her cunt gripping and releasing his invading fingers.
- 2009, Emma Holly, Kissing Midnight, Penguin (?ISBN):
- Somehow, this made his ejaculations all the more exciting, sending hot tingles streaking through her as he gushed.
- 2014, Stewart N. Johnson, Parthian Stranger 2 Conspiracy, Trafford Publishing (?ISBN):
- […] she pulled off an amazing orgasm, one after another, she gushed with force, […]
- 2017, Cara McKinnon, Memories of Magic, Stars and Stone Books (?ISBN):
- Odd. She'd never managed to do that to herself before—to climax so hard she gushed. Sometimes her sex partners didn't satisfy her as well as she could on her own, but her most intense orgasms had always been with others.
- 2008, Anya Bast, The Chosen Sin, Penguin (?ISBN), page 154:
- (intransitive, transitive, figuratively) To make an excessive display of enthusiasm, praise, or sentiment.
- 1911, Thompson Buchanan, Making People Happy, page 14:
- Miss Johnson gushed approval with her usual air of coquettish superiority.
- 2010, Pat Williams, Jim Denney, How to Be Like Walt: Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Life, Simon and Schuster (?ISBN):
- Randy Thornton, a producer with Walt Disney Records, put it this way: “Walt was not a man who gushed praise. His biggest words of approval were, 'That'll work.'
- 2017, Judson G. Everitt, Lesson Plans: The Institutional Demands of Becoming a Teacher, Rutgers University Press (?ISBN):
- Nellie routinely gushed praise to students for good performance whereas Frank was much more sparing in praising students.
- 1911, Thompson Buchanan, Making People Happy, page 14:
Translations
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Anagrams
- Shug, hugs, shug
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *gunša, close to Lithuanian gùžas (“knag”), Old Norse kjuka (“ankle”) and Old Church Slavonic gust? (gust?, “thick, dense”).
Noun
gush f (definite singular gusha)
- neck, Adam's apple
Related terms
- gungë
- kungull
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abundance
English
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) abundaunce
- (obsolete) habundance
- (obsolete) boundance
- (card games) abondance
Etymology
- From Middle English abundaunce, habaundance, from Old French habundance, abondance, from Latin abundantia (“fullness, plenty”), from abund? (“to overflow”). See abound.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??b?n.dn?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /??b?n.dn?s/, /??b?n.dn?ts/, /??bn?.dn?s/
- (Malaysia, Singapore) IPA(key): /??b?n.d?nts/
Noun
abundance (countable and uncountable, plural abundances)
- A large quantity; many. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]
- An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- c. 1610?, Walter Raleigh, A Discourse of War
- It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state.
- c. 1610?, Walter Raleigh, A Discourse of War
- Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample. [First attested in the late 19th century.]
- (card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist. [First attested in the late 19th century.]
Usage notes
- Synonym notes: Abundance, Plenty, Exuberance. These words rise upon each other in expressing the idea of fullness.
- Plenty denotes a sufficiency to supply every want; as, plenty of food, plenty of money, etc.
- Abundance express more, and gives the idea of superfluity or excess; as, abundance of riches, an abundance of wit and humor; often, however, it only denotes plenty in a high degree.
- Exuberance rises still higher, and implies a bursting forth on every side, producing great superfluity or redundance; as, an exuberance of mirth, an exuberance of animal spirits, etc.
Synonyms
- abundation (Chester)
- (large quantity): heap, load; see also Thesaurus:lot
- (ample sufficiency): exuberance, copiousness, overflow, plenty, plenteousness, plenitude, plentitude; see also Thesaurus:excess
- (plentiful amount of resources): riches, affluence, wealth; see also Thesaurus:wealth
Related terms
- abound
- abundant
Translations
References
- abundance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English abundaunce, from Old French habundance, from Latin abundantia. Equivalent to abund +? -ance.
Noun
abundance (plural abundances)
- An abundance; enough.
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
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