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Rush

//ɹʌʃ// adj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective

1
Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure, especially if therefore done badly. not-comparable
"a rush job"

Adjective

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done under pressure wordnet
2
not accepting reservations wordnet

Proper Noun

1
A surname; A surname from English countable, uncountable
2
A dialect of the programming language PL/I.
3
A surname; A surname from English; An English surname originating as an occupation for someone who made things from rushes. countable, uncountable
4
A surname; A surname from Irish countable, uncountable
5
A surname; A surname from German countable, uncountable

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A male given name. countable, uncountable
7
A placename; A coastal town in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland. countable, uncountable
8
A placename; A number of places in the United States.; An unincorporated community in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. countable, uncountable
9
A placename; A number of places in the United States.; An unincorporated community in Boyd County and Carter County, Kentucky, United States. countable, uncountable
10
A placename; A number of places in the United States.; A town in Monroe County, New York, United States. countable, uncountable
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A placename; A number of places in the United States.; A number of townships, in Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania, United States, listed under Rush Township. countable, uncountable
12
A placename; Ellipsis of Rush County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

Noun

1
A sudden forward motion.
"A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush, severed him from the duke."
2
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.
3
the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner wordnet
4
A surge.
"A rush of business can be difficult to handle effectively for its unexpected volume."
5
The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.

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(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line wordnet
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General haste.
"Many errors were made in the rush to finish."
8
The merest trifle; a straw.
"[W]hat occaſion haſt thou to give up Eccleſdoun-Caſtle to John Bull? his Friendſhip is not vvorth a Ruſh, give it me and I'll make it vvorth the vvhile."
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a sudden burst of activity wordnet
10
A rapid, noisy flow.
"a rush of water; a rush of footsteps"
11
A wick.
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a sudden forceful flow wordnet
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A sudden attack; an onslaught.
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the swift release of a store of affective force wordnet
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The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
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grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems wordnet
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The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
"a rush on the quarterback"
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A rusher; a lineman. dated
"the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line"
19
A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
"The rollercoaster gave me a rush."
20
A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
"rush week"
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A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
"At the end of rush, the fraternities vote on who they want to extend invitations to join, and the rushes can then make their selection from the bids they get. Some rushes get bids from multiple fraternities, while others do not get bids from any."
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A perfect recitation. US, dated
23
A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.

Verb

1
To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully. intransitive, transitive
"rush one's dinner; rush off an email response"
2
urge to an unnatural speed wordnet
3
To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily. intransitive
"armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice."
4
act at high speed wordnet
5
To dribble rapidly. intransitive

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attack suddenly wordnet
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To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play. intransitive, transitive
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cause to occur rapidly wordnet
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To cause to move or act with unusual haste. transitive
"Don't rush your client or he may withdraw."
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move hurridly wordnet
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To make a swift or sudden attack. intransitive
12
cause to move fast or to rush or race wordnet
13
To swiftly attack without warning. transitive
"A detachment of cavalrymen rushed the enemy's position."
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run with the ball, in football wordnet
15
To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units. slang, transitive
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To transport or carry quickly. transitive
"The shuttle rushes passengers from the station to the airport."
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To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn. intransitive, transitive
18
To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process. intransitive, transitive
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To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error. US, dated, slang
20
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. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Middle English ruschen, russchen (“to rush, startle, make a loud rushing noise”), from Old English hrysċan (“to jolt, startle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hurskijan, from Proto-Germanic *hurskijaną (“to startle, drive”), from *hurskaz (“fast, rapid, quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run, hurry”). Cognate with Old High German hursken (“to hurry, speed, incite, accelerate”), Old English horsċ (“quick, quick-witted, clever”), Old Frisian rosk, rosch (“quick, rapid, sudden”). etymology note An alternative etymology traces rush via Middle English ruschen (“to rush”) from Old English *rūscian (“to rush”) from Proto-Germanic *rūskōną (“to rush, storm, be fierce, be cruel”), a variant (with formative k) of Proto-Germanic *rūsōną (“to be cruel, storm, rush”) from Proto-Indo-European *(o)rewə- (“to drive, move, agitate”), making it akin to Old High German rosc, rosci (“quick”), Middle Low German rûschen (“to rush”), Middle High German rūschen, riuschen (“to rush”) (German rauschen (“to rush”)), North Frisian ruse (“to rush”), Middle Dutch ruuscen (“to make haste”), Middle Dutch rūsen (“to rush”) (Dutch ruisen (“to rush”)), Danish ruse (“to rush”), Swedish rusa (“to rush”). Compare Middle High German rūsch (“a charge, rush”). Influenced by Middle English russhen (“to force back”) from Anglo-Norman russher, russer from Old French ruser, rëuser. Alternatively, according to the OED, perhaps an adaptation of Anglo-Norman russher, russer (“to force back, down, out of place, by violent impact", "to pull out or drag off violently or hastily”), from Old French re(h)usser, ruser (although the connection of the forms with single -s- and double -ss- is dubious; also adopted in English ruse; French ruser (“to retreat, drive back”)), from an assumed Vulgar Latin *refūsāre and Latin refundō (“I cause to flow back”), although connection to the same Germanic root is also possible. More at rouse.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Etymology 4

From Middle English risshe, rusch, risch, from Old English rysċ, rysċe, risċ, risċe, from a merger of Proto-West Germanic *riskijā, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)resg- (“to weave”) and Proto-West Germanic *ruskijā, possibly borrowed from Latin rūscum (“butcher's broom”), of unknown origin + *-jā (animal and plant suffix). Cognates include West Frisian risk, Dutch rus (“bulrush”), Norwegian Bokmål rusk, dialectal Norwegian ryskje (“hair-grass”). Further cognates include Russian ро́зга (rózga).

Etymology 5

* As an English surname, from the noun rush (“waterside plant, plant in marshes”). * Also as an English surname, from the archaic noun rush (“beehive”), from French ruche. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Ruis (literally “descendant of Ros”), a name from ros (“wood”). Sometimes also translated from Ó Luachra due to confusion with luachair (“rushes”), see Loughrey. * Also as an Irish surname, translated/Anglicized from Ó Fuada (literally “descendant of Fuada”), compare Foody, from the noun fuad (“haste”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Rüsch, Ruesch, Rusch.

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