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Definition of Gushing
1. Adjective. Flowing profusely. "Pouring flood waters"
2. Adjective. Uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm. "A novel told in burbly panting tones"
3. Adjective. Extravagantly demonstrative. "Write unrestrained and gushy poetry"
Definition of Gushing
1. a. Rushing forth with violence, as a fluid; flowing copiously; as, gushing waters.
Definition of Gushing
1. Adjective. Flowing forth suddenly or violently. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of gush) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gushing
1. gush [v] - See also: gush
Medical Definition of Gushing
1. 1. Rushing forth with violence, as a fluid; flowing copiously; as, gushing waters. "Gushing blood." 2. Emitting copiously, as tears or words; weakly and unreservedly demonstrative in matters of affection; sentimental. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gushing
Literary usage of Gushing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1895)
"In the following year Mr. gushing was married to Caroline Wilde, daughter of
Judge Wilde ... At the bar Mr. gushing at once gave evidence of great ability, ..."
2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1895)
"It was this force, rendezvoused at Bennington, which gushing, now Colonel, ...
After the surrender at Saratoga, Col. gushing followed the army ..."
3. American Anthropologist by American Anthropological Association (1902)
"Twenty years have passed since Mr gushing first read to me, ... I then urged Mr
gushing to publish it without delay, but the years have passed, ..."
4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"See Lady's slippers Cyprus •16 gushing, Harvey (Williams) With the British medical
... Yale Rns 5:523-39 Ар '16 gushing, Henry Platt Adirondack intrusives. ..."
5. Americans in Eastern Asia: A Critical Study of the Policy of the United by Tyler Dennett (1922)
"11 On arrival gushing added to his staff Rev. EC Bridg- man, DD, and Rev. ...
gushing wrote to the New York Commercial Advertiser: 12 "The newspapers will ..."
6. Naval Officers: Their Heredity and Development by Charles Benedict Davenport (1919)
"Having shown great spirit, gushing was appointed a lieutenant in July and in ...
For two years more gushing played the part of a blockader with skill, ..."
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