Rush

[rʌʃ]

Definition

(noun.) (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line; 'the linebackers were ready to stop a rush'.

(noun.) a sudden burst of activity; 'come back after the rush'.

(noun.) a sudden forceful flow.

(noun.) physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813).

(noun.) grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems.

(verb.) urge to an unnatural speed; 'Don't rush me, please!'.

(verb.) act or move at high speed; 'We have to rush!'; 'hurry--it's late!'.

(verb.) attack suddenly.

(verb.) move fast; 'He rushed down the hall to receive his guests'; 'The cars raced down the street'.

(verb.) run with the ball, in football.

(adj.) done under pressure; 'a rush job' .

Checked by Gregory--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.

(n.) The merest trifle; a straw.

(v. i.) To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.

(v. i.) To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation.

(v. t.) To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward.

(v. t.) To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.

(n.) A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush of water.

(n.) Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business.

(n.) A perfect recitation.

(n.) A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush.

(n.) The act of running with the ball.

Checker: Sherman

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Straw (as of little worth), farthing, copper.[2]. Driving on, violent course.

v. n. Career, push on, press on.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Speed, course, dash, sweep, hurry, stream, roll, charge, drive, fly, burst

ANT:March, saunter, lag, retreat, bait, hesitate

Typed by Katie

Definition

v.i. to move with a shaking rustling noise as the wind: to move forward violently: to enter rashly and hastily.—v.t. to drive: to push to secure by rushing.—n. a rushing or driving forward: an eager demand: urgent pressure as of business: a stampede of cattle: in football when a player forces his way by main strength.—n. Rush′er in football a player whose special duty it is to force the ball toward his opponents' goal: a go-ahead person.

n. a genus (Juncus) of marshy plants some absolutely destitute of leaves but with barren scapes resembling leaves: the name esp. of those species with no proper leaves the round stems known as rushes: a wick: the merest trifle.—n. Rush′-bear′ing a country feast when the parish church was strewn with rushes between haymaking and harvest: the day of the festival.—adj. Rush′-bott′omed having a seat or bottom made with rushes.—ns. Rush′-buck′ler (obs.) a swash-buckler; Rush′-can′dle -light a candle or night-light having a wick of rush-pith: a small feeble light.—adj. Rush′en made of rushes.—ns. Rush′-hold′er a clip-candlestick used for rush-lights; Rush′iness.—adj. Rush′-like resembling a rush: weak.—ns. Rush′-lil′y a plant of the species of blue-eyed grass; Rush′-nut the Cyperus esculentus whose tubers are eaten in southern Europe; Rush′-toad the natterjack.—adjs. Rush′y full of or made of rushes; Rush′y-fringed.—n. Rusk′ie any utensil made of straw &c. as a basket &c.—Flowering rush an aquatic plant; Marry with a rush to wed in jest.

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