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   geyser

   /ˈɡiːzə/

   noun

   • 1. a hot spring in which water intermittently boils, sending a tall column of water and steam into the air.
   • ▪ a jet or stream of liquid: "the pipe sent up a geyser of sewer water into the street"
   • 2. a gas-fired water heater through which water flows as it is rapidly heated. British
   • ▪ a hot-water storage tank with an electric heating element. South African

   verb

   • 1. (especially of water or steam) gush or burst out with great force: "a fissure opened and yellow smoke geysered upward"

   Word Origin late 18th century: from Icelandic Geysir, the name of a particular spring in Iceland; related to geysa ‘to gush’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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