different between gush vs drain
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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drain
English
Alternative forms
- drein (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English dreinen, from Old English dr?ahnian (“to drain, strain, filter”), from Proto-Germanic *drauhn?n? (“to strain, sieve”), from Proto-Germanic *draugiz (“dry, parched”). Akin to Old English dr?gian (“to dry up”), Old English dr?gaþ (“dryness, drought”), Old English dr??e (“dry”). More at dry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?e?n/, IPA(key): /d??e?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
Noun
drain (plural drains)
- (chiefly US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
- (chiefly Britain) An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without going through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods.
- Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
- (vulgar) An act of urination.
- (electronics) One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
- (pinball) An outhole.
- (Britain, slang, dated) A drink.
- 1841, Charles Dickens, Three Detective Anecdotes
- When the play was over, we came out together, and I said, "We've been very companionable and agreeable, and perhaps you wouldn't object to a drain?"
- 1966, Henry Mayhew, ?Peter Quennell, London's Underworld (page 48)
- What did she want with money, except now and then for a drain of white satin.
- 1841, Charles Dickens, Three Detective Anecdotes
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
drain (third-person singular simple present drains, present participle draining, simple past and past participle drained)
- (intransitive) To lose liquid.
- The clogged sink drained slowly.
- Knock knock.
Who's there?
Dwayne.
Dwayne who?
Drain the bathtub, I'm drowning.
- (intransitive) To flow gradually.
- The water of low ground drains off.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause liquid to flow out of.
- Please drain the sink. It's full of dirty water.
- (transitive, ergative) To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
- They had to drain the swampy land before the parking lot could be built.
- (transitive) To deplete of energy or resources.
- The stress of this job is really draining me.
- (transitive) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
- But it was not alone that he drained their treasure and hampered their industry.
- (transitive, obsolete) To filter.
- (intransitive, pinball) To fall off the bottom of the playfield.
Derived terms
- drainable
- drainage
- drain away
- draining (adjective)
- drain out
- drain the lizard (vulgar)
- drain the main vain
Descendants
- ? French: drainer (see there for further descendants)
Translations
Anagrams
- Darin, Drina, Indra, Nadir, Nardi, Ndari, Radin, dinar, nadir, ranid
Cimbrian
Numeral
drain
- dative of drai
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