Rush Definition
rŭsh
rushed, rushes, rushing
verb
rushed, rushes, rushing
To move or go swiftly or impetuously; dash.
Webster's New World
To act with great haste.
Rushed to finish the project.
American Heritage
To dash recklessly or rashly.
Webster's New World
To make a swift, sudden attack or assault on; charge.
Webster's New World
To make a swift, sudden attack or assault (on or upon); charge.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- race
- hasten
- stimulate
- induce
- hurry
- festinate
- look-sharp
- bucket along
- cannonball along
- hotfoot
- hie
- step-on-it
- belt along
- rush-along
- pelt along
noun
rushes
A sudden movement toward something.
A rush to leave the room.
American Heritage
The act or an instance of rushing; specif., an eager movement of many people, as to do something or to get to a place.
A rush to buy concert tickets, the California gold rush.
Webster's New World
Intense activity; busyness; haste; hurry.
The rush of modern life.
Webster's New World
A sudden widespread demand.
A rush for gold coins.
American Heritage
A sudden, swift attack or assault; onslaught.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
adjective
Performed with or requiring great haste or urgency.
A rush job; a rush order.
American Heritage
Necessitating haste.
Rush orders.
Webster's New World
Characterized by a rush.
Rush hours.
Webster's New World
Designating a family (Juncaceae, order Juncales) of grasslike monocotyledonous plants with a 6-parted perianth, tufted leaves, and the fruit in capsules.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- torrential
- precipitous
- precipitate
- irrupt
- impetuous
- hurry-up
- crash
- first-come-first-serve
- rushed
pronoun
An English occupational surname for someone who made things from rushes.
Wiktionary
idiom
with a rush
- suddenly and forcefully
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Rush
- with a rush
Origin of Rush
Middle English rushen from Anglo-Norman russher variant of Old French ruser to drive back from Latin recūsāre to reject re- re- causārī to give as a reason (from causa cause)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English from Old English rysc
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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