Noun

• S: (n) flush, gush, outpouring (a sudden rapid flow (as of water)) "he heard the flush of a toilet"; "there was a little gush of blood"; "she attacked him with an outpouring of words"
• S: (n) effusion, gush, outburst, blowup, ebullition (an unrestrained expression of emotion)

Verb

• S: (v) spurt, spirt, gush, spout (gush forth in a sudden stream or jet) "water gushed forth"
• S: (v) rave, gush (praise enthusiastically) "She raved about that new restaurant"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) praise (express approval of) "The parents praised their children for their academic performance"
• S: (v) troll (praise or celebrate in song) "All tongues shall troll you"
• S: (v) salute (express commendation of) "I salute your courage!"
• S: (v) applaud (express approval of) "I applaud your efforts"
• S: (v) laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim (praise, glorify, or honor) "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"
• S: (v) flatter, blandish (praise somewhat dishonestly)
• S: (v) eulogize, eulogise (praise formally and eloquently) "The dead woman was eulogized at the funeral"
• S: (v) compliment, congratulate (say something to someone that expresses praise) "He complimented her on her last physics paper"
• S: (v) rave, gush (praise enthusiastically) "She raved about that new restaurant"
• S: (v) commend (express approval of)
• S: (v) commend, recommend (express a good opinion of)
• S: (v) advertise, advertize, promote, push (make publicity for; try to sell (a product)) "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"
• S: (v) puff, puff up (praise extravagantly) "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
• S: (v) sonnet (praise in a sonnet)
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) jet, gush (issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth) "Water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the building"