A gusher is a word with a couple of common meanings depending on context:
- In oil industry terminology, a gusher is an oil well that produces a large, rapid, and often uncontrollable flow of crude oil. It describes a well that comes in with high pressure and strikes oil in a copious, natural outpouring. This sense is historical as modern methods often require stimulation and pumping, but the term remains in use for especially high-flow wells.
- More broadly, a gusher can refer to someone who expresses a lot of emotion or praise in an enthusiastic, unrestrained way; or, less commonly, something that gushes or spurts liquid.
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