: one that gushes
specifically
: an oil well with a copious natural flow
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That money gusher, according to the Post, enabled nine years of boundless privatization of national security work.
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IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2010
The city, where the Spindletop gusher kicked off an oil rush in 1901, hosts its version of Oktoberfest in early October at Rogers Park.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2024
The Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum pays homage to the gusher that ignited an oil frenzy more than a century ago.
—Pam Leblanc, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2024
Once a middling part of his empire, his golf and club business has become a cash gusher, a way to literally sell access to the most famous man on earth in the form of sky-high initiation fees.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
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IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2010
The city, where the Spindletop gusher kicked off an oil rush in 1901, hosts its version of Oktoberfest in early October at Rogers Park.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2024
The Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum pays homage to the gusher that ignited an oil frenzy more than a century ago.
—Pam Leblanc, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2024
Once a middling part of his empire, his golf and club business has become a cash gusher, a way to literally sell access to the most famous man on earth in the form of sky-high initiation fees.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Gusher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gusher. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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gusher
noun
gush·er
ˈgəsh-ər 
: one that gushes
especially
: an oil well with a very plentiful natural flow
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