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Word of the Day 05/27/25 Geyser
Geyser (noun, verb)
geyser [ gahy-zer, -ser gee-zer ]
noun
1. a hot spring that intermittently sends up fountainlike jets of water and steam into the air.
2. British Informal. a hot-water heater, as for a bath.
verb (used without object)
3. to spew forth as or like a geyser: the kettle geysering all over the stove.
Other Word Forms
gey ser·al gey ser·ic adjective
Related Words
gusher, hot spring
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Origin: 1755–65; < Icelandic Geysir name of a hot spring in Iceland, literally, gusher, derivative of geysa to gush
Example Sentences
There’s geysers of gore and a skinhead who gets turned into a tiki torch.
From Los Angeles Times
The wellspring of this geyser of asininity is the simple fact that Trump doesn’t understand how trade works.
From Los Angeles Times
The smoldering conditions also caused pressure to build, resulting in geysers of hazardous liquid waste bursting onto the surface and white smoke seeping out of long fissures.
From Los Angeles Times
Another one gave way in rural Yancey County last week, sending a geyser dozens of feet into the air.
From Salon
Observations from Earth and orbiting probes suggest that some of this water works through fissures in the ice and blasts through in geysers over a hundred miles high.
From Los Angeles Times
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
geyser [ gahy-zer, -ser gee-zer ]
noun
1. a hot spring that intermittently sends up fountainlike jets of water and steam into the air.
2. British Informal. a hot-water heater, as for a bath.
verb (used without object)
3. to spew forth as or like a geyser: the kettle geysering all over the stove.
Other Word Forms
gey ser·al gey ser·ic adjective
Related Words
gusher, hot spring
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com
Origin: 1755–65; < Icelandic Geysir name of a hot spring in Iceland, literally, gusher, derivative of geysa to gush
Example Sentences
There’s geysers of gore and a skinhead who gets turned into a tiki torch.
From Los Angeles Times
The wellspring of this geyser of asininity is the simple fact that Trump doesn’t understand how trade works.
From Los Angeles Times
The smoldering conditions also caused pressure to build, resulting in geysers of hazardous liquid waste bursting onto the surface and white smoke seeping out of long fissures.
From Los Angeles Times
Another one gave way in rural Yancey County last week, sending a geyser dozens of feet into the air.
From Salon
Observations from Earth and orbiting probes suggest that some of this water works through fissures in the ice and blasts through in geysers over a hundred miles high.
From Los Angeles Times
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.