Onrushing

adj, verb

adj, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of onrush form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    rushing or flowing forward

    "The Spaniard was forced off his line to clear from the onrushing John Sutton before a full-stretch save to keep an Arvydas Novikovas effort from finding the top corner from 25 yards."

  2. 2
    attacking figuratively

Synonyms

All synonyms
flowingfluentfluminousstreaming

Example

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"The ball crashed against the crossbar, slammed down and bounced up over stationary and onrushing players alike."

Etymology

From on- + rushing.

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