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A hot spring that discharges intermittent jets of steam and water is called a geyser. Geysers are generally associated with recent volcanic activity. They are produced by the heating of underground waters that have come into contact with, or are very close to, magma. Geyser discharges as high as 1,600 ft (500 m) have been recorded, but 160 ft (50 m) is much more common. Occasionally, a geyser will adopt an extremely regular and predictable pattern of intermittent activity and discharge for a few minutes every hour or so (for example, Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park).
Examples of geyser in a Sentence
Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
Users posted video of what looks like a geyser of water flooding a lower floor lobby.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 15 July 2025
The biggest shock of the evening, though, was the scene at the 28th Street 1 station in Chelsea, where riders watched a brownish geyser erupt several feet in the air from a drain in front of the uptown platform’s turnstile.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 15 July 2025
There will be immediate deduction of research and development, which sounds like a snoozer but historically has brought about a gigantic geyser of money toward the creation of new products, which need lots of equipment to test and build.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 July 2025
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“Geyser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/geyser. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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geyser
noun
from Icelandic Geyser "a hot spring in Iceland," from geysa "to rush forth"
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