(gushes, gushing, gushed)
1.
When liquid gushes out of something, or when something gushes a liquid, the liquid flows out very quickly and in large quantities.
Piping-hot water gushed out...
A supertanker continues to gush oil off the coast of Spain.
VERB: V adv/prep, V n
2.
A gush of liquid is a sudden, rapid flow of liquid, or a quantity of it that suddenly flows out.
I heard a gush of water.
N-SING: usu N of n
3.
If someone gushes, they express their admiration or pleasure in an exaggerated way.
'Oh, it was brilliant,' he gushes...
He gushed about his love for his wife.
VERB: V with quote, V prep
• gushing
He delivered a gushing speech.
ADJ