rush
A sudden forward motion.
Noun 4 meanings
A sudden forward motion.
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.”
A rapid, noisy flow.
“a rush of water; a rush of footsteps”
Verb 4 meanings
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”
To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
“armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.”
To dribble rapidly.
To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
Adjective 1 meaning
Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure, especially if therefore done badly.
Etymology
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”).
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RUSH at a glance
RUSH has 4 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (R 1 + U 1 + S 1 + H 4) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,070 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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