eruption

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.

   a volcanic eruption

2. 2
   noun

   A sudden release of pressure or tension.

   There was an eruption of joy at the final whistle.

3. 3
   noun

   An utterance, especially a sudden one; an ejaculation.

   Ultimately, Greenfield may remind us of no one so much as Boston's own, Sylvia Sidney — "herself" in the amusement business! From whom else does one expect so leveling a sequence of eruptions: "i mean yah gotta win a little money/ i mean we're all whores turning a trick"?

4. 4
   noun

   the emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum

5. 5
   noun

   a sudden very loud noise

6. 6
   noun

   a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)

7. 7
   noun

   the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material

8. 8
   noun

   (of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)

Etymology

From Middle French éruption, from Latin eruptio.