Gusher
noun
An oil well that produces a large amount of oil in a great rush.
When they struck oil, the well became a gusher shooting oil high into the air.
Often appears as...
- strike a gusher
- hit a gusher
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Technical
noun
A person who expresses emotions in a very free and open way.
She's such a gusher, constantly telling everyone how much she loves her job.
Often appears as...
- emotional gusher
- become a gusher
noun
Something that provides a large amount or abundant supply of something else.
His first novel was a gusher, generating a lot of income for him.
Often appears as...
- hit a gusher
- financial gusher
noun
An oil well that produces a large amount of oil in a great rush.
When they struck oil, the well became a gusher shooting oil high into the air.
Often appears as...
- strike a gusher
- hit a gusher
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A person who expresses emotions in a very free and open way.
She's such a gusher, constantly telling everyone how much she loves her job.
Often appears as...
- emotional gusher
- become a gusher
noun
Something that provides a large amount or abundant supply of something else.
His first novel was a gusher, generating a lot of income for him.
Often appears as...
- hit a gusher
- financial gusher
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Industry Specific
Used in oil industry contexts, not suitable for casual conversation unless metaphorically.
Their company drilled an exploratory well, and it turned out to be a massive gusher.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Imagery
Conjures images of sudden wealth or success; think of oil spurting out with force.
The new investment turned into a gusher as profits soared unexpectedly.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Reference
Relates to historical oil booms; consider the impact of oil discovery in the past.
Reading about the Texas oil boom, you'd come across tales of many gushers.
Pro Tip 1/3Industry Specific
Used in oil industry contexts, not suitable for casual conversation unless metaphorically.
Their company drilled an exploratory well, and it turned out to be a massive gusher.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Imagery
Conjures images of sudden wealth or success; think of oil spurting out with force.
The new investment turned into a gusher as profits soared unexpectedly.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Reference
Relates to historical oil booms; consider the impact of oil discovery in the past.
Reading about the Texas oil boom, you'd come across tales of many gushers.
Pro Tip 1/3Industry Specific
Used in oil industry contexts, not suitable for casual conversation unless metaphorically.
Their company drilled an exploratory well, and it turned out to be a massive gusher.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Imagery
Conjures images of sudden wealth or success; think of oil spurting out with force.
The new investment turned into a gusher as profits soared unexpectedly.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Reference
Relates to historical oil booms; consider the impact of oil discovery in the past.
Reading about the Texas oil boom, you'd come across tales of many gushers.
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Video examples
Naomi Klein: Addicted to...
to get at the dirtiest, highest-emitting stuff imaginable. This is where our story of endless growth has taken us, to this black hole at the center of my country -- a place of such planetary pain that, like the BP gusher,
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"Dumbo," Other Deep-Sea...
a gusher it dines on chemicals found in the decomposing oil then there are the Dumbo octopus given that name because they flop a pair of large ear like fins to swim like Dumbo the cartoon elephant
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Naomi Klein: Addicted to...
to get at the dirtiest, highest-emitting stuff imaginable. This is where our story of endless growth has taken us, to this black hole at the center of my country -- a place of such planetary pain that, like the BP gusher,
Video examples
"Dumbo," Other Deep-Sea...
a gusher it dines on chemicals found in the decomposing oil then there are the Dumbo octopus given that name because they flop a pair of large ear like fins to swim like Dumbo the cartoon elephant
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Quote examples
Sylvia Earle
American Scientist
Places change over time with or without oil spills, but humans are responsible for the Deepwater Horizon gusher - and humans, as well as the corals, fish and other creatures, are suffering the consequences.
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Nathan Wolfe
American Scientist
With epidemics, people have been standing on the shore, waiting for the gusher to hit the ocean. But to prevent epidemics, you have to look at the various little sources that feed into the river.
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C. S. Forester
English Novelist
The material came bubbling up inside like a geyser or an oil gusher. It streamed up of its own accord, down my arm and out of my fountain pen in a torrent of six thousand words a day.
Quote examples
Sylvia Earle
American Scientist
Places change over time with or without oil spills, but humans are responsible for the Deepwater Horizon gusher - and humans, as well as the corals, fish and other creatures, are suffering the consequences.
Quote examples
Nathan Wolfe
American Scientist
With epidemics, people have been standing on the shore, waiting for the gusher to hit the ocean. But to prevent epidemics, you have to look at the various little sources that feed into the river.
Quote examples
C. S. Forester
English Novelist
The material came bubbling up inside like a geyser or an oil gusher. It streamed up of its own accord, down my arm and out of my fountain pen in a torrent of six thousand words a day.
Example 1 of 3
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