Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɹʌʃ/
rush (plural rushes)
- Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
- The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
- The merest trifle; a straw.
- John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush.
- A wick.
- Italian: midollino
rush (plural rushes)
- A sudden forward motion.
- A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush, severed him from the duke.
- A surge.
- A rush of business can be difficult to handle effectively for its unexpected volume.
- General haste.
- Many errors were made in the rush to finish.
- A rapid, noisy flow.
- a rush of water; a rush of footsteps
- (military) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
- (video games) The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
- Synonyms: zerg
- (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
- a rush on the quarterback
- (American football, dated) A rusher; a lineman.
- the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line
- A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
- The rollercoaster gave me a rush.
- (US, figuratively) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
- rush week
- (US, dated, college slang) A perfect recitation.
- (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
- German: Vorwärtsstürmen
- Russian: бросо́к
- Spanish: acometida
- Russian: прили́в
- Russian: напо́р
- Spanish: tromba
- Russian: на́тиск
rush (rushes, present participle rushing; past and past participle rushed)
- (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.
- rush one's dinner; rush off an email response
- They […] never think it to be a part of religion to rush into the office of princes and ministers.
- (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: Printed [by John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938 ↗, book II, canto IX, stanza 14, page 311 ↗:
- For with ſuch puiſſance and impetuous maine / Thoſe Champions broke on them, that forſt the fly, / Like ſcattered Sheepe, whenas the Shepherds ſwaine / A Lyon and a Tigre doth eſpye, / With greedy pace forth ruſhing from the foreſt nye.
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene iii]:
- Like to an entered tide, they all rush by.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The Merry VViues of VVindsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act IV, scene iv], page 56 ↗, column 1:
- [V]pon a sudden#English|ſodaine, / As Falſtaffe, ſhe, and I, are newly met, / Let them [children dressed like "urchins, ouphe#English|ouphes and fairies"] from forth a ſaw-pit ruſh at once / With ſome diffuſed ſong: Vpon their ſight / We two, in great amazedneſſe will flye: {{...}
- (intransitive, football) To dribble rapidly.
- (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
- (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
- Don't rush your client or he may withdraw.
- (intransitive, military) To make a swift or sudden attack.
- (military) To swiftly attack without warning.
- (video games, slang, transitive) To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
- Synonyms: zerg
- (transitive or intransitive, US, college) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority; to undergo hazing or initiation in order to join a fraternity or sorority.
- (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
- The shuttle rushes passengers from the station to the airport.
- (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
- (US, slang, dated) To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
- See also Thesaurus:rush (hurry)
- French: dépêcher, hâter
- German: hetzen, beeilen, eilen, flitzen; übereilen (to perform with great haste)
- Portuguese: apressar-se
- Russian: спеши́ть
- Spanish: correr, apurarse
- German: rauschen
- Russian: хлы́нуть
- German: hetzen
- Russian: торопи́ть
- German: überfallen
rush (not comparable)
Rush
Proper noun
- Surname for someone who made things from rushes.
- A coastal town in Fingal, Dublin.
- An unincorporated community in El Paso County, Colorado.
- An unincorporated community in Boyd County, and.
- A town in Monroe County, New York.
RUSH
Proper noun
- (computing) A dialect of the programming language PL/I.
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