GEYSER


Meaning of GEYSER in English

— geyseral, geyseric , adj.

/guy"zeuhr, -seuhr/ for 1, 3; /gee"zeuhr/ for 2 , n.

1. a hot spring that intermittently sends up fountainlike jets of water and steam into the air.

2. Brit. Informal. a hot-water heater, as for a bath.

v.i.

3. to spew forth as or like a geyser: the kettle geysering all over the stove.

[ 1755-65; Geysir name of a hot spring in Iceland, lit., gusher, deriv. of geysa to gush ]

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