Meaning & use
gushing
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Expressing enthusiasm or emotion in an excessive, effusive manner.
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Her gushing review of the restaurant praised every single dish.
He gave a gushing tribute to his mentor at the retirement dinner.
A note on using this word
It can also describe liquid flowing forcefully, as in "a gushing wound," the literal sense from which the figurative meaning of excessive emotion developed.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Flowing out in a rapid, forceful stream.
Water came gushing out of the broken pipe.
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