Definition

1. Verb:
   • To flock out; to pour out (of people): To move out of a place in a large, disorderly, and often sudden crowd.
   • To spill out; to gush out (of liquids or substances): To flow or leak out in a spreading, uncontrolled manner.

Usage Examples

• Verb (people):
  • Khi chuông reo, học sinh túa ra khỏi lớp. (When the bell rang, the students flocked out of the classroom.)
  • Đám đông túa ra đường sau trận đấu. (The crowd poured out onto the street after the match.)
• Verb (liquids/substances):
  • Nước từ vòi bị hỏng túa ra ướt cả sàn. (Water from the broken faucet gushed out, wetting the entire floor.)
  • Mồ hôi túa ra trên trán anh ấy. (Sweat beaded out on his forehead.)

Advanced Usage

• The word often implies a lack of order, control, or containment, whether describing a group of people or a flow of substance.
• It can be used metaphorically to describe things spreading out rapidly and uncontrollably.
  • Tin đồn túa ra khắp làng. (The rumors spread out all over the village.)

Variants and Related Words

• Túa ra (verb phrase): The most common form, emphasizing the outward direction of the action.
  • Lũ trẻ túa ra sân chơi. (The children streamed out into the yard.)

Synonyms

• To pour out: To flow or come out in a steady stream (for people or things).
• To spill out: To escape from a container or confined space.
• To stream out: To move out in a continuous, flowing mass.
• To swarm out: To move out in a large, busy group (typically for people or insects).

Related Idioms

• Túa ra như ong vỡ tổ: To pour/swarm out like a disturbed beehive. This idiom vividly describes a chaotic, sudden, and mass exit.
  • Nghe tiếng động lạ, mọi người túa ra như ong vỡ tổ. (Hearing the strange noise, everyone swarmed out like a disturbed beehive.)

verb

1. to flock out, to separate