Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Gush

Gush (gush) , intransitive verb

[Old English guschen, compare Icelandic gusa and gjsa, also Dutch gucsen; perh. akin to Anglo-Saxon geótan to pour, German giessen, Gothic giutan, English gut. Compare Found to cast.]

1.
To issue with violence and rapidity, as a fluid; to rush forth as a fluid from confinement; to flow copiously.
He smote the rock that the waters gushed out. — Ps ixxviii 20
A sea of blood gushed from the gaping wound. — Spenser
2.
To make a sentimental or untimely exhibition of affection; to display enthusiasm in a silly, demonstrative manner. [Colloquial]

Gush , transitive verb

1.
A sudden and violent issue of a fluid from an inclosed plase; an emission of a liquid in a large quantity, and with force; the fluid thus emitted; a rapid outpouring of anything; as, a gush of song from a bird.
The gush of springs, An fall of lofty foundains. — Byron
2.
A sentimental exhibition of affection or enthusiasm, etc.; effusive display of sentiment. [Collog.]