Emily Dickinson Lexicon

gush, n. [ME gosshe, gusche.] (webplay: flood).

1. Flow; sudden and violent issue of fluid from an enclosed place; [fig.] wave of intense mental agony, physical suffering, and emotional empathy; contraction, like Christ's pain in Gethsemane and on Calvary.
2. Noise of birds calling; [fig.] musical production; outpouring of music; concert.