geyser

Meaning

Noun

1. A boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam.
2. (broadly) A momentary vertical jet or fountain of fluid driven upwards by a violent force.
3. (British, archaic) An instantaneous, and often dangerous, hot water heater.
4. (South-Africa, South-Asia) A domestic water boiler.

Verb

To (cause to) rush or burst upward like water from a geyser.

Synonyms

water heater

jet of water

hot spring

fountain

⛲

gush

hot springs

jet

leak

shower

🚿

spray

stream

calorifier

cascade down

cascade

eruct

Translations

geyser

geyser

géiser

Geysir

geiser

guèiser

θερμοπίδακας

géiser

Geiser

gueisèr

gêiser

şofben

Springquell

geizer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡiː.zə/

Etymology

From the name of a particular Icelandic geyser which is mentioned as early as the 1760s in The Annual Register, as “Geyser, a wonderful spring in the valley of Haukadal”. From Geysir (“Gusher”), the Icelandic name of the hot spring in Iceland (see Wikipedia), from the verb geysa (“to gush”), from Old Norse geysa (“to gush”). Doublet of gusher.