Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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

1. Surge; effusion; flood; outburst; [fig.] noise of birds calling; [metaphor] concert; symphony; musical production; outpouring of music.
2. Flow; sudden rush; 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; [metaphor] strain; song; tune; melody; [metaphor] line; word; phrase; poetic expression.