The meaning of the word rush

Recent Examples on the Web

Being part of Opening Day again, the adrenaline rush, all that fun stuff.


—Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2023




But for some the rush to defend was weighed down by scandal fatigue and a sense that Mr. Trump’s time has passed.


—Maya King, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023




There’s an adrenaline rush.


—Gary Levin, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023




Last night was a rush.


—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2023




While doing research for a fictional film about Thelonious Monk, Gomis gained access to the rushes—the unedited raw footage, including outtakes—for a documentary about Monk that had been made for French television.


—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2023




The collection explored rush-out-of-the-door dressing—the models’ hair was deliberately undone—however the layering and high-low styling was perfectly balanced.


—Emma Spedding, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2023




Supporters had hoped the state’s marijuana industry would be buoyed by a rush of out-of-state customers, particularly from Texas, which has close to 8 million people in the Dallas-Fort Worth area just a little more than an hour drive from the Oklahoma border.


—Sean Murphy, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Mar. 2023




The rush to the exits was prompted in part by last year’s redistricting, which was supervised by the Supreme Court of Virginia without regard for protecting incumbents.


—Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023

Attorneys for groups opposed to the project and the state attorney general’s office, which is charged with upholding the referendum, suggested to jurors on Monday that developers rushed construction with a goal of winning vested rights and nullifying the referendum.


—David Sharp, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2023




One male was fatally shot and one was wounded and rushed to the hospital, a spokesman from the LMPD said at a press conference just before noon.


—Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2023




Police said that officers later learned a family member of the victim had rushed him to a downtown hospital with life-threatening injuries.


—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 9 Apr. 2023




The same year, her father, who had been diagnosed with a incurable form of cancer, was found unconscious at work and rushed to the hospital.


—Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2023




That’s right, after announcing the deepest snowpack in decades, state officials are warning that runoff from melting snow will send torrents of water rushing from the peaks of the Sierra Nevada to the foothills and valleys thousands of feet below.


—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023




Then-freshman Braylon McReynolds added 326 yards rushing and 226 receiving, while Virginia Tech transfer Marco Lee scored four touchdowns as the Jaguars’ primary goal-line back a year ago.


—Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 4 Apr. 2023




Some were seen scaling the 8-foot fence and opening doors to let others rush in.


—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2023




Some concertgoers were trapped under the rubble, and others rushed to free them, pulling people from the debris, officials said.


—Justine Mcdaniel, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2023

This is has not been rush mode.


—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 25 Mar. 2023




Others were rush jobs.


—Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2022




Does Kimberly know not attending one pre-rush event won’t disqualify you from actually rushing?


—Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2021


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торопить, торопиться, спешка, натиск, ажиотаж, срочный, спешный

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Возможные однокоренные слова

inrush  — напор, натиск, внезапное вторжение, внезапный обвал
rusher  — атакующий игрок, предприимчивый, энергичный человек
rushing  — стремительный, порывистый, оживленный, стремительное движение, стремление

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: rush
he/she/it: rushes
ing ф. (present participle): rushing
2-я ф. (past tense): rushed
3-я ф. (past participle): rushed

noun
ед. ч.(singular): rush
мн. ч.(plural): rushes

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ɹʌʃ/
• Homophone: Rush
• Rhymes: -ʌʃ

Etymology 1[edit]

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, 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 розга (rozga).^[1]

Noun[edit]

rush (plural rushes)

1. 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.
2. The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
3. The merest trifle; a straw.
4. A wick.

Synonyms[edit]

• (plant of the genus Juncus): juncus

Translations[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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 horsc (“quick, quick-witted, clever”).

Noun[edit]

rush (plural rushes)

1. A sudden forward motion.
   • 1642, Henry Wotton, A Short View of the Life and Death of George Villiers

     A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush, severed him from the duke.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, “Meeting Point”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 228:

     When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him.  […] . The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.

2. A surge.

   A rush of business can be difficult to handle effectively for its unexpected volume.

3. General haste.

   Many errors were made in the rush to finish.

4. A rapid, noisy flow.

   a rush of water;  a rush of footsteps

5. (military) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
6. (video games) The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.

   Synonym: zerg

7. (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.

   a rush on the quarterback

8. (American football, dated) A rusher; a lineman.

   the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line

9. A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.

   The rollercoaster gave me a rush.

   She felt the familiar cocaine rush soon after injecting herself.

10. (university slang) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.

    rush week

    • 2021 August 17, Allie Jones, “#BamaRush, Explained”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

      The trend burst through last week during sorority rush at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, but it continues today in the form of parody videos, deep dives on the status of various recruits and rush videos from women at other colleges across the country who are just starting the process themselves.

11. (university slang) A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.

    • 2011 September 15, Abe Gutierrez, “To Rush Or Not To Rush: A Crash Course From A Brother Who Likes It”, in NYU Local‎^[2]:

      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.

    • 2017 February 8, Youngweon Lee, “The Fraternity Rush Process As Told By Someone Who Knows Nothing About The Fraternity Rush Process”, in Bwog‎^[3]:

      After a few rounds of these competitions, the rushes that survive to the end get a «bid.» Again, kind of like an auction. They don’t come in nice envelopes like sororities, though. Usually what happens is that they put the rushes in a room individually and tell them they didn’t get the bid, to see how sad they get. If they get really sad, the fraternity brothers come to the room and congratulate them on being accepted to the fraternity. Then, the rushes become pledges.

12. (US, dated, university slang) A perfect recitation.
13. (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

rush (third-person singular simple present rushes, present participle rushing, simple past and past participle rushed)

1. (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.

   rush one’s dinner;   rush off an email response

   • c. 1683, Robert West, The further Exmaination of Robert West of the Middle-Temple, Barrister at Law

     A party of men […] shoud be ready to rush out; and upon the noise of the first shot immediately run down to the Gate and break in.

   • 2013 August 16, John Vidal, “Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 10, page 8:

     Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world’s deepest valleys.

2. (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.

   armies rush to battle;   waters rush down a precipice.

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, 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. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv], page 56, column 1:

     [V]pon a ſodaine, / As Falſtaffe, ſhe, and I, are newly met, / Let them [children dressed like «urchins, 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: […]

   • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], column 1:

     Like to an entred Tyde, they all ruſh by, […]

   • 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 5, in The Lonely Pyramid:

     The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.

3. (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.
4. (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
5. (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.

   Don’t rush your client or he may withdraw.

6. (intransitive, military) To make a swift or sudden attack.
7. (military) To swiftly attack without warning.
8. (video games, slang, transitive) To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.

   Synonym: zerg

9. (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.

   The shuttle rushes passengers from the station to the airport.

10. (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
11. (transitive or intransitive, university slang) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
12. (US, slang, dated) To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
13. (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.

    Antonym: drag

Synonyms[edit]

• See also Thesaurus:rush (hurry)

Derived terms[edit]

• downrush
• rushing

Translations[edit]

Adjective[edit]

rush (not comparable)

1. Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure.

   a rush job

Usage notes[edit]

Used only before a noun.

See also[edit]

• rushes

Further reading[edit]

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

• Hurs, RHUs, Suhr

French[edit]

Noun[edit]

rush m (plural rushs)

1. rush (in sport)
2. (cinematography) rushes
3. (video games) rush
4. (Quebec) rush (hurried state)

Further reading[edit]

• “rush”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English rush.

Noun[edit]

rush n (definite singular rushet, indefinite plural rush, definite plural rusha or rushene)

1. a rush (Etymology 2)

Derived terms[edit]

• gullrush
• rushtid

References[edit]

• “rush” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “rush” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English rush.

Noun[edit]

rush n (definite singular rushet, indefinite plural rush, definite plural rusha)

1. a rush (Etymology 2)

Derived terms[edit]

• gullrush
• rushtid

References[edit]

• “rush” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.