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verb (used without object)
1.
to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
2.
to dash, especially to dash forward for an attack or onslaught.
3.
to appear, go, pass, etc., rapidly or suddenly: The blood rushed to his face.
4.
Football. to carry the ball on a running play or plays.
verb (used with object)
5.
to perform, accomplish, or finish with speed, impetuosity, or violence: They rushed the work to make the deadline.
6.
to carry or convey with haste: to rush an injured person to the hospital.
7.
to cause to move, act, or progress quickly; hurry: He rushed his roommate to get to the party on time.
8.
to send, push, force, impel, etc., with unusual speed or haste: to rush a bill through Congress.
9.
EXPANDto attack suddenly and violently; charge.
10.
to overcome or capture (a person, place, etc.).
11.
Informal. to heap attentions on; court intensively; woo: to rush an attractive newcomer.
12.
to entertain (a prospective fraternity or sorority member) before making bids for membership.
13.
COLLAPSEFootball.
a.
to carry (the ball) forward across the line of scrimmage.
b.
to carry the ball (a distance) forward from the line of scrimmage: The home team rushed 145 yards.
c.
(of a defensive team member) to attempt to force a way quickly into the backfield in pursuit of (the back in possession of the ball).
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Rushes
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noun
14.
the act of rushing; a rapid, impetuous, or violent onward movement.
15.
a hostile attack.
16.
an eager rushing of numbers of persons to some region that is being occupied or exploited, especially because of a new mine: the gold rush to California.
17.
a sudden appearance or access: a rush of tears.
18.
EXPANDhurried activity; busy haste: the rush of city life.
19.
a hurried state, as from pressure of affairs: to be in a rush.
20.
press of work, business, traffic, etc., requiring extraordinary effort or haste.
21.
Football.
a.
an attempt to carry or instance of carrying the ball across the line of scrimmage.
b.
an act or instance of rushing the offensive back in possession of the ball.
22.
a scrimmage held as a form of sport between classes or bodies of students in colleges.
23.
24.
Informal. a series of lavish attentions paid a woman by a suitor: He gave her a big rush.
25.
the rushing by a fraternity or sorority.
26.
COLLAPSEAlso called flash. Slang. the initial, intensely pleasurable or exhilarated feeling experienced upon taking a narcotic or stimulant drug.
adjective
27.
requiring or done in haste: a rush order; rush work.
28.
characterized by excessive business, a press of work or traffic, etc.: The cafeteria's rush period was from noon to two in the afternoon.
29.
characterized by the rushing of potential new members by a sorority or fraternity: rush week on the university campus.
Origin:
1325–75; (v.) Middle English ruschen < Anglo-French russher, russer, Old French re(h)usser, re(h)user, ruser < Late Latin recūsāre, to push back, Latin: to refuse. See recuse, ruse; (noun) Middle English rus(s)che, derivative of the v.
1325–75; (v.) Middle English ruschen < Anglo-French russher, russer, Old French re(h)usser, re(h)user, ruser < Late Latin recūsāre, to push back, Latin: to refuse. See recuse, ruse; (noun) Middle English rus(s)che, derivative of the v.
Related forms
rush·ing·ly, adverb
un·rushed, adjective
Synonyms
1. hasten, run. Rush, hurry, dash, speed imply swiftness of movement. Rush implies haste and sometimes violence in motion through some distance: to rush to the store. Hurry suggests a sense of strain or agitation, a breathless rushing to get to a definite place by a certain time: to hurry to an appointment. Dash implies impetuosity or spirited, swift movement for a short distance: to dash to the neighbor's. Speed means to go fast, usually by means of some type of transportation, and with some smoothness of motion: to speed to a nearby city.
1. hasten, run. Rush, hurry, dash, speed imply swiftness of movement. Rush implies haste and sometimes violence in motion through some distance: to rush to the store. Hurry suggests a sense of strain or agitation, a breathless rushing to get to a definite place by a certain time: to hurry to an appointment. Dash implies impetuosity or spirited, swift movement for a short distance: to dash to the neighbor's. Speed means to go fast, usually by means of some type of transportation, and with some smoothness of motion: to speed to a nearby city.
Antonyms
18. sloth, lethargy.
18. sloth, lethargy.
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noun
1.
any grasslike plant of the genus Juncus, having pithy or hollow stems, found in wet or marshy places. Compare rush family.
2.
any plant of the rush family.
3.
any of various similar plants.
4.
a stem of such a plant, used for making chair bottoms, mats, baskets, etc.
5.
something of little or no value; trifle: not worth a rush.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English rusch, risch, Old English rysc, risc; cognate with Dutch, obsolete German Rusch
before 900; Middle English rusch, risch, Old English rysc, risc; cognate with Dutch, obsolete German Rusch
Related forms
rush·like, adjective
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Word Origin & History
rush
"plant growing in marshy ground," O.E. resc, earlier risc, from P.Gmc. *rusk- (cf. M.L.G. rusch, M.H.G. rusch, W.Fris. risk). O.Fr. rusche probably is from a Gmc. source. Used for making torches and finger rings, also strewn on floors when visitors arrived; it was attested a type of "something of no
EXPAND value" from c.1300.
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Rush (rŭsh), Benjamin. 1745-1813.
American physician, politician, and educator. A signer of the Declaration of Independence, he promoted the humane treatment of the mentally ill.
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