rush
nounEtymology
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.
- derived from rehusser
- inherited from *hurskijan✻
- inherited from ruschen
Definitions
A sudden forward motion.
- A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush, severed him from the duke.
A surge.
- A rush of business can be difficult to handle effectively for its unexpected volume.
General haste.
- Many errors were made in the rush to finish.
- Diane makes an announcement to the patient passengers on the quarter-full train. There is no sense of rush - time really does move more slowly in the Highlands. The passengers, nearly all tourists, don't seem in the slightest bothered.
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A rapid, noisy flow.
- a rush of water; a rush of footsteps
A sudden attack
A sudden attack; an onslaught.
The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than…
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 rush on the quarterback
A rusher
A rusher; a lineman.
- the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line
A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a…
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.
A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
- rush week
- […]daily “OOTDs” (outfits of the day), rush recap videos from freshly tanned and coiffed prospective new members (PNMs), and reactions to 18-year-old girls either elated or devastated by the high-stakes game of likability that is rush.
A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
A perfect recitation.
A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
To hurry
To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
- rush one's dinner; rush off an email response
- 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.
To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.
- 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.
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.
- Don't rush your client or he may withdraw.
To make a swift or sudden attack.
To swiftly attack without warning.
- A detachment of cavalrymen rushed the enemy's position.
To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
To transport or carry quickly.
- The shuttle rushes passengers from the station to the airport.
- The harvest is now in full swing in the Great Plains and efforts are being made to rush the grain from the fields to the country elevators and then to the large terminals, such as Kansas City, Houston, Galveston and New Orleans.
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…
To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is…
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.
Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure, especially…
Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure, especially if therefore done badly.
- a rush job
Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow…
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
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.
A wick.
A surname
A male given name.
A placename
A dialect of the programming language PL/I.
The neighborhood
- synonymfly
- synonymscramble
- synonymget a move on
- synonymhasten
- synonymhaul
- synonymhurtle
- synonymbustle
- synonymhaul ass
- synonymhaul one's ashes
- synonymhie
- synonymhump it
- synonymhurry
- neighborquickly
- neighborreckless
- neighborspeed up
- neighborspeedy
- neighborblitz
- neighborbomb it
- neighborcane
- neighborcane it
- neighborhoon
- neighborhoon it
- neighborrace
- neighborscurry
Derived
adrenaline rush, backrush, boss rush, bum rush, bum's rush, feudal rush, gold rush, goldrush, green rush, headrush, landrush, pass rush, rushaholic, rushbearer, rushbearing, rush defence, rushee, rush goalie, rush hour, rush job, rush of blood, rush of blood to the head, Rush River, RushTok, rushwork, sugar rush, inrush, onrush, outrush, uprush, rushy, bum-rush, downrush, rusher, rush in, rushing, rush off, rush out, rush to judgement, Baltic rush · +31 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at rush. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at rush. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at rush
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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