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n. - An unrestrained expression of emotion; A sudden rapid flow (as of water) v. - Praise enthusiastically; Issue in a jet;

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  • It is the spot where expressions of tenderness gush out without any dread of ridicule.
  • There was a little gush of blood
  • Expect the toilet to back up (surge and gush is more likely), and someone you know will get typhus.
  • They are part of the world of poison, and of language as poison, the gush from a traumatic wound in the symbolic order which
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