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rush

1  [ruhsh] ,
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–verb (used without object)
1. to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
2. to dash, esp. 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. to 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. Football.
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).
–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, esp. because of a new mine: the gold rush to California.
17. a sudden appearance or access: a rush of tears.
18. hurried 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. rushes, Movies. daily (def. 4).
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. Also 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.) ME ruschen < AF russher, russer, OF re(h)usser, re(h)user, ruser < LL recūsāre, to push back, L: to refuse. See recuse, ruse; (n.) ME rus(s)che, deriv. of the v.

Related forms:
rush⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

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.

Antonyms:
18. sloth, lethargy.

rush

2  [ruhsh] ,
–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:
bef. 900; ME rusch, risch, OE rysc, risc; c. D, obs. G Rusch

Related forms:
rushlike, adjective
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rush 1   (rŭsh)   
v.   rushed, rush·ing, rush·es

v.   intr.
  1. To move or act swiftly; hurry.
  2. To make a sudden or swift attack or charge.
  3. To flow or surge rapidly, often with noise: Tons of water rushed over the falls.
  4. Football To move the ball by running.
v.   tr.
  1. To cause to move or act with unusual haste or violence.
  2. To perform with great haste: rushed completion of the project.
  3. To attack swiftly and suddenly: Infantry rushed the enemy after the artillery barrage.
  4. To transport or carry hastily: An ambulance rushed her to the hospital.
  5. To entertain or pay great attention to: They rushed him for their fraternity.
  6. Football To run at (a passer or kicker) in order to block or disrupt a play.
n.  
  1. A sudden forward motion.
    1. Surging emotion: a rush of shame.
    2. An anxious and eager movement to get to or from a place: a rush to the goldfields.
    3. A sudden, very insistent, generalized demand: a rush for gold coins.
    4. An attempt to move the ball by running.
    5. An act of running at a passer or kicker in order to block or prevent a play.
    6. A time of attention, usually one in which extensive social activity occurs.
    7. A drive by a Greek society on a college campus to recruit new members: a sorority rush.
    8. The intensely pleasurable sensation experienced immediately after use of a stimulant or a mind-altering drug.
    9. A sudden, brief exhilaration: A familiar rush overtook him each time the store announced a half-price special on expensive stereo equipment.
  3. General haste or busyness: The office always operates in a rush.
  4. A sudden attack; an onslaught.
  5. A rapid, often noisy flow or passage. See Synonyms at flow.
  6. Football
    1. An attempt to move the ball by running.
    2. An act of running at a passer or kicker in order to block or prevent a play.
    3. A time of attention, usually one in which extensive social activity occurs.
    4. A drive by a Greek society on a college campus to recruit new members: a sorority rush.
    5. The intensely pleasurable sensation experienced immediately after use of a stimulant or a mind-altering drug.
    6. A sudden, brief exhilaration: A familiar rush overtook him each time the store announced a half-price special on expensive stereo equipment.
  7. Sports A rapid advance of the puck toward the opponent's goal in ice hockey.
  8. rushes The first, unedited print of a movie scene.
    1. A time of attention, usually one in which extensive social activity occurs.
    2. A drive by a Greek society on a college campus to recruit new members: a sorority rush.
    3. The intensely pleasurable sensation experienced immediately after use of a stimulant or a mind-altering drug.
    4. A sudden, brief exhilaration: A familiar rush overtook him each time the store announced a half-price special on expensive stereo equipment.
    1. The intensely pleasurable sensation experienced immediately after use of a stimulant or a mind-altering drug.
    2. A sudden, brief exhilaration: A familiar rush overtook him each time the store announced a half-price special on expensive stereo equipment.
adj.  Performed with or requiring great haste or urgency: a rush job; a rush order.

[Middle English rushen, from Anglo-Norman russher, variant of Old French ruser, to drive back, from Latin recūsāre, to reject : re-, re- + causārī, to give as a reason (from causa, cause).]
rush'er n.
rush 2   (rŭsh)   
n.  
    1. Any of various stiff marsh plants of the genus Juncus, having pliant hollow or pithy stems and small flowers with scalelike perianths.
    2. Any of various similar, usually aquatic plants.
  2. The stem of one of these plants, used in making baskets, mats, and chair seats.

[Middle English, from Old English rysc.]
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