Sekirov Dictionary

geyser

UK /ˈɡiː.zə/US /ˈɡaɪ.zɚ/

noun 4
verb 1
forms 3

noun4

A boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam.
A momentary vertical jet or fountain of fluid driven upwards by a violent force.
(South-Africa) A domestic water boiler.
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(UK, no longer used) An instantaneous, and often dangerous, hot water heater.
- Where a Geyser or hot-water heater is used it is a good and wise precaution to see that the bath-room, &c., when it is used is well ventilated. — 1902

verb1

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To (cause to) rush or burst upward like water from a geyser.
- Four jets of water geysered upward from the sea. Short and wide. He noted it. Ranging salvo. His division was discovered. — 1944

forms

geysered · geysering · geysers

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