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Definition of Gusher
1. Noun. An oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping is not necessary.
Definition of Gusher
1. n. One who gushes.
Definition of Gusher
1. Noun. One that gushes ¹
2. Noun. An oil well that has a natural flow and so no pumping is needed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gusher
1. a gushing oil well [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gusher
Literary usage of Gusher
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"THE gusher BY CHARLES BATTELL LOOMIS Of course an afternoon tea is not to be
taken seriously, and I hold that any kind of conversation goes, ..."
2. The Home Maker by Jane Cunningham Croly (1889)
"Miss gusher (stooping to pick up the letter). Did you read the letter, dear? ...
Miss gusher. Only a valentine ? Only an outpouring of the heart—a flood of ..."
3. Sketches in Crude Oil: Some Accidents and Incidents of the Petroleum by John James McLaurin (1896)
"The only safe method was to " go it blind " and bear with exemplary resignation
whatever might turn up, be it a big gusher or a measly duster. ..."
4. Patrollers of Palestine by Haskett Smith (1906)
"CHAPTER XI ' THERE IS A GREEN HILL FAR AWAY' The gusher annoys the Fossil—The
... asked the gusher of the Fossil, as she sat next to him at luncheon in the ..."
5. Geology and Agriculture by Louisiana Geological Survey (1902)
"JENNINGS gusher This, the first important well in the region, from an economic
standpoint, is located on the fragmentary section 46, 9 S., 2 W., ..."
6. The Region of the Eternal Fire: An Account of a Journey to the Petroleum by Charles Thomas Marvin (1891)
"... Trade—"The New Wonder «if the World "—Fountains at Baku of Late Years —The
11000-Ton gusher ... gusher ..."
7. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
"In front of it are, from left to right, FF Hill, field manager of the Union Oil
Company, JM Dunn and Parker Barrett, the locators of the gusher ground, ..."
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