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Meanings of
gusher
in English
Portuguese
blowout
Spanish
reventón de un pozo petrolífero
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Uncontrolled release of crude oil and/or natural gas from a well.
blowout
wild well
Portuguese
blowout
Usage of
gusher
in English
1
She ought to have had a diamond crown when the
gusher
came.
2
Except that Number Three's come in the biggest
gusher
ever I see.
3
But one good shove, and he knew it would be a major
gusher
.
4
He said he did not know why it failed to stop the
gusher
.
5
Stand back after you light it, Mr. McCausland, because it goes a
gusher
.
6
Everybody who could possibly get away was out to see the big
gusher
.
7
A
gusher
,
I believe, is one of the best sort of oil wells.
8
Cut Plug spewed a
gusher
of tobacco juice across the snow.
9
As the desperate effort to contain the
gusher
proceeded, the slick stretched farther.
10
What do you figure as the daily output of the
gusher
?
11
The old man died before the first oil well came in a
gusher
.
12
There was a big
gusher
of blood when they whacked the head off.
13
We know that technology has decimated the DVD money
gusher
.
14
It was the largest pool of oil from the
gusher
yet collected by BP.
15
At the first mention of the Jackpot
gusher
the financier raised a prohibitive hand.
16
The output: a potential
gusher
of renewable, energy-efficient transportation fuel.
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gusher
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
stop the gusher
big gusher
pump a gusher
biggest gusher
continue gusher
More collocations
Translations for
gusher
Portuguese
blowout
Spanish
reventón de un pozo petrolífero
Gusher
through the time
Gusher
across language varieties
United States of America
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