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Definition rush

Etymology 1

From Middle English risshe, rusch, risch, from Old English rysc, risc, from Proto-Germanic *ruskij? (compare West Frisian risk, Dutch rus (“bulrush”), dialectal Norwegian ryskje (“hair-grass”)), from Proto-Indo-European *resg- (“to plait, wattle”) (compare Irish rusg (“bark”), Latin restis (“rope”), Lithuanian rež?is (“basketwork”), Serbo-Croatian rògoz (“reed”), Ancient Greek ??????? (árrhikhos, “basket”), and Persian ????‎ (ra?za, “woollen cloth”)).

Noun

rush (plural rushes)

1. 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.
2. The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
3. The merest trifle; a straw.
4. A wick.

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Middle English ruschen, russchen (“to rush, startle, make a loud rushing noise”), from Old English hrys?an (“to jolt, startle”), from Proto-Germanic *hurskijan? (“to startle, drive”), from *hurskaz (“fast, rapid, quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *?ers- (“to run, hurry”). Cognate with Old High German hurscan (“to speed, accelerate”), Old English horsc (“quick, quick-witted, clever”). More at hurry.

Noun

rush (plural rushes)

1. A sudden forward motion.
2. A surge.
3. General haste.
4. A rapid, noisy flow.
5. (military) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
6. (video games) The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
7. (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
8. (American football, dated) A rusher; a lineman.
9. A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
10. (US, figuratively) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
11. (US, dated, college slang) A perfect recitation.
12. (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.

Verb

rush (third-person singular simple present rushes, present participle rushing, simple past and past participle rushed)

1. (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.
2. (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
3. (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.
4. (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
5. (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
6. (intransitive, military) To make a swift or sudden attack.
7. (military) To swiftly attack without warning.
8. (video games, slang, transitive) To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
9. (transitive or intransitive, US, college) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority; to undergo hazing or initiation in order to join a fraternity or sorority.
10. (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
11. (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
12. (US, slang, dated) To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.

Adjective

rush (not comparable)

1. Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure.

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