gey|ser

gey|ser «GY zuhr, -suhr; for 3 often GEE zuhr, -suhr», noun, verb.

–n.

1. a spring that spouts a column of hot water and steam into the air at intervals. There are geysers in Iceland, New Zealand, and Yellowstone National Park.

2. any spouting or gushing column like that of this spring: »

Great geysers of flaming gases are shot out into space not just by our sun, but by other stars in the heavens (Science News Letter).

3. British. a water heater attached to a bath.

–v.i.

to gush out like a geyser; shoot forth in a jet: »

We would haul water to put in the radiator when it had stopped geysering (New Yorker).

–v.t.

to shoot out or cause to shoot out (a liquid or vapor) like a geyser.

╂[< Icelandic Geysir, the name of a hot spring < Old Icelandic geysa to gush]