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1. Flowing profusely
   "a gushing hydrant";
   - pouring
    
2. Uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm
   - burbling, burbly, effusive
    
3. Extravagantly demonstrative
   "a large gushing female";
   - effusive, gushy

1. Issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth
   "Water gushed forth";
   - jet
    
2. Gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
   "water gushed forth";
   - spurt, spirt, spout
    
3. Praise enthusiastically
   "She gushed about that new restaurant";
   - rave, enthuse, kvell [N. Amer, informal]

See also: demonstrative, lively, running

Type of: course, feed, flow, pour, praise, run

Encyclopedia: Gushing