Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One that gushes, especially an abundantly flowing gas or oil well.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun That which gushes; specifically, in local (American) use, an oil-well which throws out a very large quantity of oil without having to be pumped.
  • noun One who is demonstratively emotional or sentimental.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun colloq. One who gushes.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One that gushes
  • noun An oil well that has a natural flow and so no pumping is needed.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping is not necessary

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Examples

  • The oil gusher is dead, but the mental trauma it caused along the Gulf of Mexico coast is still very much alive.

    Gulf Oil Spill Well Is Dead, But Not Residents' Anguish AP 2010

  • The oil gusher is dead, but the mental trauma it caused along the Gulf of Mexico coast is still very much alive.

    Gulf Oil Spill Well Is Dead, But Not Residents' Anguish AP 2010

  • Most people are familiar with the iconic Texas image of the "gusher" - a derrick spewing oil because the reservoir pressure pushes it up the well.

    chron.com Chronicle 2010

  • Most people are familiar with the iconic Texas image of the "gusher" - a derrick spewing oil because the reservoir pressure pushes it up the well.

    chron.com Chronicle 2010

  • The gusher is a powerful image that conveys what’s happening in a sense that pictures of oil near marshlands can’t, he said.

    Arresting Images of Oil Spill « 2010

  • On Facebook, a group dedicated to the oil spill includes suggestions like using explosives to stop the gusher, which is about 5,000 feet underwater.

    Gulf Oil Spill Remedies: Corks, Hair Are Among Suggested Ideas 2010

  • The phenomenon came to be called a gusher in the United States.

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

  • The phenomenon came to be called a gusher in the United States.

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

  • At a rate of perhaps 5,000 barrels per day, the spill - more properly described as a gusher akin to the proverbial Texas oil strike because of the pressure bearing from beneath the Gulf floor - may turn out to rival the amount of oil lost in the 1989 Exxon Valdez shipping accident.

    GetLiberty.org 2010

  • On Facebook, a group dedicated to the oil spill includes suggestions like using explosives to stop the gusher, which is about 5,000 feet underwater.

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here 2010

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