Definition of "gushers" [gushers]

• Plural form of gusher. (noun)

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• "Shell has been working on this for some time and isn't promising any near term gushers, but they are optimistic and certainly cannot be dismissed as incompetents or crackpots."
• "Pasadena has no oil wells, but out-of-control wells - "gushers" - were once fairly common in Southern California."
• "But three months later, the company's works were destroyed by fire, and before they could be rebuilt, scores of other wells had been sunk, many of which were "gushers," requiring no pumping, and the supply was soon so far in excess of the demand that the price of oil tumbled to one dollar a barrel."