gush

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Middle English, possibly from Old Norse geysa (“to gush”), cognate with German gießen (“to pour”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌʃ/

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• Rhymes: -ʌʃ

gush (plural gushes)

1. A sudden rapid outflow.

gush (third-person singular simple present gushes, present participle gushing, simple past and past participle gushed)

1. To flow forth suddenly, in great volume.
   • Edmund Spenser

     A sea of blood gushed from the gaping wound.

2. To make an excessive display of enthusiasm or sentiment.
3. (of a woman, during orgasm) To ejaculate a clear fluid from the urethra

• Shug, hugs, shug

From Proto-Albanian *gunša, close to Lithuanian gùžas (“knag”), Old Norse kjuka (“ankle”) and Old Church Slavonic gustъ (gustŭ, “thick, dense”).

gush f

1. neck, Adam's apple

• gungë
• kungull