geyser

plural geysers

1. astronomyA boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam.
2. broadlyA momentary vertical jet or fountain of fluid driven upwards by a violent force.

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   Sporting a few war wounds from Japanese destroyer gunfire, The Sullivans had already launched one spread of torpedoes at the Japanese destroyers that were now littering the ocean floor, or, occasionally, making their own retreat, but she still had one left, so a five-torpedo spread was duly sent at near-point-blank range into the listing and burning remains of Yamato, and, shortly thereafter, four large geysers of water were the reward.

   2021 May 5, Drachinifel, 42:03 from the start, in Battle of Samar - What if TF34 was there?, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2022

3. UKarchaicAn instantaneous, and often dangerous, hot water heater.

   Water was heated either on the gas stove, or on a wall mounted gas-fired "geyser" heater.

   1998, Gordon S Riess, Confessions of a Corporate Centurion: Tales of International Adventures

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   Where a Geyser or hot-water heater is used it is a good and wise precaution to see that the bath-room, &c., when it is used is well ventilated.

   1902, William Paton Buchan, Plumbing: A Text-book to the Practice of the Art Or Craft of the Plumber

   It was here I saw a geyser gas water heater in a bathroom for the first time. (I was afraid of it).

   2002, Alaine Polcz, One woman in the war: Hungary, 1944-1945

4. South AfricaSouth AsiaA domestic water boiler.

present singular third person geysers · participle present geysering · participle past geysered · past geysered

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

   Four jets of water geysered upward from the sea. Short and wide. He noted it. Ranging salvo. His division was discovered.

   1944, Jacland Marmur, Sea Duty: And Other Stories of Naval Action, page 21