gusher
pronunciation
How to pronounce gusher in British English:
UK [ˈgʌʃə(r)]
How to pronounce gusher in American English:
US [ˈɡʌʃɚ]
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- Noun:
- an oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping is not necessary
Word Origin
- gusher (n.)
- "oil well that flows without pumping," 1886, agent noun from gush (v.). Earlier in a sense of "overly effusive person" (1864).
Example
- 1. Bp , based in london , stopped the flow from the macondo gusher july 15 for the first time since the spill began .
- 2. Many bp shareholders think the tnk-bp venture too risky , despite the gusher of profits it has already generated .
- 3. They succeeded , thanks to an unprecedented fiscal and monetary gusher and a raft of measures to prop up teetering financial giants .
- 4. Indeed , if universities turned on the recruiting spigot in china expecting a steady trickle of students , they 've gotten a gusher instead .
- 5. Robert gates , america 's defence secretary , said in may that " the gusher has been turned off , " and recently announced that $ 100 billion would be cut over five years from " overheads " at his department .