geyserlike

English

Etymology

geyser +‎ -like

Adjective

geyserlike (comparative more geyserlike, superlative most geyserlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a geyser.
    • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 203:
      I soon caught my first glimpse of it: a pillar of spray rising geyserlike into the air and subsiding, leaving a cloud of mist hanging over the sea.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.