To be a gup, verb. phr. (American).—To be easy to take or steal.
Gurtsey, subs. (American Cadet).—A fat man; a podge (q.v.). For synonyms, see Forty-guts.
Gush, subs. (colloquial).—The expression of affected or extravagant sentiment.
1883. Saturday Review, 3 Feb., p. 148, c. 2. Mr. Picton’s style is pleasant and easy, as long as he allows himself to be natural, and does not fall into gush.
1886. Church Times, 17 Sep. Not mere gush or oratorical flip-flap.
Verb (colloquial).—To overflow with extravagant or affected sentiment.
1883. Miss Braddon, Golden Calf, ch. vii. ‘Yes, and you saw much of each other, and you became heart-friends,’ gushed Miss Wolf, beaming benevolently at Brian.
Gusher, subs. (colloquial).—A practitioner of gush (q.v.). Also Gushington.
1864. E. Yates, Broken to Harness, ch. vi., p. 66 (1873). The enthusiastic gusher who flings his or herself upon our necks, and insists upon sharing our sorrow.
1882. Miss Braddon, Mount Royal, ch. viii. ‘But, surely there is nothing improper in the play, dear Lady Cumberbridge,’ exclaimed the eldest gusher, too long in society to shrink from sifting any question of that kind.