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UK
/ɡˈʌʃɐ/
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[ US /ˈɡəʃɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈɡəʃɝ/ ]
NOUN
- an oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping is not necessary
How To Use gusher In A Sentence
- While the issue of legal responsibility is still to be determined a to where the legal responsibility lies between the rig operator or BP, BP is not caviling and says it is prepared to do whatever it takes to stop the underwater gusher and clean up the spill. Raymond J. Learsy: A Tale of Two Companies -- Goldman Sachs and BP
- The bad news is that this short-term augmentation of funds may again turn out to be a non-sustainable spurt," write the authors, leaving researchers scrambling to support projects started with the gusher of federal funds. Economy takes "subtle bite" out of science R&D
- On Facebook, a group dedicated to the oil spill includes suggestions like using explosives to stop the gusher, which is about 5,000 feet underwater. Gulf Oil Spill Remedies: Corks, Hair Are Among Suggested Ideas
- We endeavour to avoid the old, romantic idea of a gusher, which wastes oil and gas.
- I deserve for America to say 'yes' or 'no' but it is what it is" we hear Jackie say in voice-over as she walks Gusher Alley - dry-eyed in her case. 'American Idol' 2011: Top 24 survive the Trail of Tears
- The Dallas Cowboys are owned by Jerry Jones, an oilman with an ego that would dwarf a gusher.
- Midland is of course a flat, once dusty (since paved) Texas oil town closer to gushers than geysers.
- After three weeks the gusher was set alight and the flow ceased when the bore closed itself. Times, Sunday Times
- A weighting agent adds body to petroleum and prevents the formation of gushers.
- As the snow melts, water slowly per-colates through the ground, steadily feeding the springs that replenish these gushers.