GUSHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gusher mean? 

• GUSHER (noun)
  The noun GUSHER has 1 sense:

1. an oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping is not necessary

  Familiarity information: GUSHER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUSHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping is not necessary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("gusher" is a kind of...):

oil well; oiler (a well that yields or has yielded oil)

Derivation:

gush (issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth)

gush (gush forth in a sudden stream or jet)