From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gush
n 1: a sudden rapid flow (as of water); "he heard the flush of a
toilet"; "there was a little gush of blood"; "she attacked
him with an outpouring of words" [syn: flush, gush,
outpouring]
2: an unrestrained expression of emotion [syn: effusion,
gush, outburst, blowup, ebullition]
v 1: gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; "water gushed forth"
[syn: spurt, spirt, gush, spout]
2: praise enthusiastically; "She raved about that new
restaurant" [syn: rave, gush]
3: issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth;
"Water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the
building" [syn: jet, gush]