Definition of: gush

(gush) v.i.
1. To flow out suddenly and in volume, as tears or blood.
2. To produce a sudden flood, as of blood, tears, etc.: Her eyes gushed with tears.
3. Colloq. To express oneself with extravagant and affected emotion; be overly enthusiastic.
—v.t.
4. To pour forth (blood, tears, etc.).
—noun
1. A sudden outpouring of fluid or of something likened to it, as of sound, or the thing thus emitted.
2. Colloq. An extravagant display of sentiment. [ME guschen, prob. <Scand. Cf. ON gusa gush.]
—gush′i·ness noun
—gush′y adjective