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rush
/ɹʌʃ/
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What does rush mean?
noun
- A sudden forward motion.
- A surge.
- General haste.
More meanings (40)
noun
- A rapid, noisy flow.
- A sudden attack; an onslaught.
- The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
- The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
- A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
- A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
- A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
- A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
- 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.
- (dated) A rusher; a lineman.
- (dated) A perfect recitation.
verb
- To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
- To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- To dribble rapidly.
- To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
- To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
- To make a swift or sudden attack.
- To swiftly attack without warning.
- (slang) To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
- To transport or carry quickly.
- To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
- To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
- 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.
- (dated, slang) To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
adjective
- Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure, especially if therefore done badly.
proper noun
- A surname from English
- An English surname originating as an occupation for someone who made things from rushes.
- A surname from Irish
- A surname from German
- A male given name.
- 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.
- Ellipsis of Rush County.
- A dialect of the programming language PL/I.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɹʌʃ/
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Straight for his flier he would leap while those of his comrades who fought near by would rush to cover his escape.
Then, as we hoped, Michael, in fury, would rush out of his apartments opposite, and fall alive into the hands of Sapt.
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First, there came a long rush of rapid little steps, such as a light man might make in winning a walking race.
Mental excitement was apt to send me with a rush back to my own naked land and the figures scattered upon it.
Suddenly Hump’s horse was shot from under him, and there was a rush of warriors to kill or capture him while down.