rush
IPA: rˈʌʃ
noun
- 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.
- A wick.
- A sudden forward motion.
- A surge.
- General haste.
- A rapid, noisy flow.
- (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.
- (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
- (American football, dated) A rusher; a lineman.
- A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
- (university slang) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
- (university slang) A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
- (US, dated, university slang) A perfect recitation.
- (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
- An English surname originating as an occupation for someone who made things from rushes.
- A placename
- A coastal town in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland.
- An unincorporated community in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Boyd County and Carter County, Kentucky, United States.
- A town in Monroe County, New York, United States.
- A number of townships, in Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania, United States, listed under Rush Township.
- (computing) A dialect of the programming language PL/I.
- Ellipsis of Rush County. [One of 92 counties in Indiana, United States. County seat: Rushville. Named after Benjamin Rush.]
verb
- (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
- (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- (intransitive, soccer) 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.
- (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.
- (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
- (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
- (transitive or intransitive, university slang) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
- (US, slang, dated) To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
- (intransitive, music) To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing.
adjective
- Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure, especially if therefore done badly.
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Examples of "rush" in Sentences
- They rushed in the exigency.
- Don't rush to shackle press.
- He is rushed to make a decision.
- The Getbackers rush to the scene.
- Eagerly they rushed to the treasure.
- The people rushed into the exigency.
- The three of them rush to the casino.
- This was not a slapdash or rushed block.
- The ambulance is rushed to rescue people.
- The ambulance rushed her to the hospital.