gushverb
uk/ɡʌʃ/us/ɡʌʃ/gush verb (FLOW)
[ I usually + adv/prep, T ] to flow or send out quickly and in large amounts:
Oil gushed (out) from the hole in the tanker.
Blood was gushing from his nose.
Her arm gushed blood where the knife had gone in.
gush verb (EXPRESS)
[ I or T ] to express a positive feeling, especially praise, in such a strong way that it does not sound sincere:
[ + speech ] "You're just so talented!" she gushed.
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Praising and applauding
- a pat on the back idiom
- acclaim
- acclamation
- accolade
- adulate
- cheer
- exalt
- extol
- felicitations
- fete
- full marks to sb idiom
- lay
- pat
- praise
- recognize
- rhapsodic
- rhapsody
- round of applause idiom
- shout-out
- sing
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Exaggerating & playing down
gushnoun [ S ]
uk/ɡʌʃ/us/ɡʌʃ/gush noun [ S ] (FLOW)
a large amount of liquid or gas that flows quickly:
Showers with pumps are more expensive, but they deliver a really powerful gush of water.
gush noun [ S ] (EXPRESSION)
a sudden strong and positive feeling, or an expression of positive feeling, usually so strong it does not sound sincere
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Too much and unnecessary
- a sledgehammer to crack a nut idiom
- avalanche
- be up to your neck (in sth) idiom
- bellyful
- binge
- carry/take coals to Newcastle idiom
- hyper
- immoderate
- inessential
- insatiable
- lousy
- play gooseberry idiom
- plenty
- plethora
- proliferate
- redundancy
- sock
- supplementary
- surplus
- weigh
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