Pronunciations (2)
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/ɹʌʃ/
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/ɹʊʃ/
Pronunciation notes
- Northern-England
Noun
A sudden forward motion.
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A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush, severed him from the duke.
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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.
A surge.
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A rush of business can be difficult to handle effectively for its unexpected volume.
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It's a rush / To find someone before the sun comes up / To find someone before the beat is gone / Don't wanna leave all alone / Everybody scrambled to the floor once more
General haste.
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Many errors were made in the rush to finish.
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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.
A rapid, noisy flow.
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a rush of water; a rush of footsteps
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.
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The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
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a rush on the quarterback
A rusher; a lineman.
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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 stimulant.
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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.
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rush week
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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.
[…]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.
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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.
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.
A perfect recitation.
Usage- US usage
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A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
Verb
To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
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rush one's dinner; rush off an email response
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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.
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armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.
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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.
[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: […]
Like to an entred Tyde, they all ruſh by,[…]
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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.
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.
I remember the sudden drop in the note of the station bell, as we roar through, perhaps with 16 coaches; sweep up to milepost 9½, and then, with increasing thunder from the exhaust, fairly rush the fells at Milnthorpe at the foot of the climb to Grayrigg, until the steady thunderous beat re-echoes past Mosedale Hall, still at 40 m.p.h.
To dribble rapidly.
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To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
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To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
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Don't rush your client or he may withdraw.
To make a swift or sudden attack.
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To swiftly attack without warning.
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A detachment of cavalrymen rushed the enemy's position.
To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
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To transport or carry quickly.
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The shuttle rushes passengers from the station to the airport.
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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.
Seeing the swelling and thinking that acute radiation damage had set in at a cellular level, Bugorski sought the help of the facility’s medical team. They rushed him to Hospital Number 6, which is where they handled radiation patients.
To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
Usage- Intransitive
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To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
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To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
Usage- US usage
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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.
Usage- Intransitive
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Adjective
Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure, especially if therefore done badly.
Usage- not-comparable
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a rush job
Noun
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.
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The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
The merest trifle; a straw.
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[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.
Adjective
not accepting reservations
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done under pressure
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a rush job
Noun
the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
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in his haste to leave he forgot his book
a sudden forceful flow
grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
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the swift release of a store of affective force
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they got a great bang out of it
what a boot!
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he got a quick rush from injecting heroin
he does it for kicks
a sudden burst of activity
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come back after the rush
(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
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the linebackers were ready to stop a rush
Verb
move hurridly
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He rushed down the hall to receive his guests
The cars raced down the street
attack suddenly
urge to an unnatural speed
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Don't rush me, please!
act at high speed
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We have to rush!
hurry — it's late!
run with the ball, in football
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cause to move fast or to rush or race
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The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze
cause to occur rapidly
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the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions