Geyser

Definitions

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. A momentary vertical jet or fountain of fluid driven upwards by a violent force.
   broadly
3. An instantaneous, and often dangerous, hot water heater.
   British, archaic
4. A domestic water boiler.
   South-Africa, South-Asia

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Examples

“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⟳.”

“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.”

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

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

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