rush

English Online Dictionary. What means rush‎? What does rush mean?

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹʌʃ/
• Homophone: Rush
• Rhymes: -ʌʃ

Etymology 1

From Middle English risshe, rusch, risch, from Old English rysċ, rysċe, risċ, risċe, from a merger of Proto-West Germanic *riskijā, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)resg- (“to weave”) and Proto-West Germanic *ruskijā, borrowed from Latin rūscum (“butcher's broom”), of unknown origin + *-jā (animal and plant suffix).

Cognates include West Frisian risk, Dutch rus (“bulrush”), Norwegian Bokmål rusk, dialectal Norwegian ryskje (“hair-grass”). Further cognates include Russian ро́зга (rózga).

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.

   (plant of the genus Juncus): Synonym: juncus

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.

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Etymology 2

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”).

Cognate with Old High German hursken (“to hurry, speed, incite, accelerate”), Old English horsc (“quick, quick-witted, clever”).

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.

   Synonym: zerg

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.

11. (university slang) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
12. (university slang) A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
13. (US, dated, university slang) A perfect recitation.
14. (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.

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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, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
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. (transitive, military) To swiftly attack without warning.

8. (video games, slang, transitive) To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.

   Synonym: zerg

9. (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
10. (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
11. (transitive or intransitive, university slang) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
12. (US, slang, dated) To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
13. (intransitive, music) 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.

    Antonym: drag

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:rush (hurry)

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Adjective

rush (not comparable)

1. Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure, especially if therefore done badly.

Usage notes

Used only before a noun.

See also

• rushes

Further reading

• Juncaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rush_(football) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• Hurs, Suhr, RHUs, HRUs

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English rush.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁœʃ/

Noun

rush m (plural rushs)

1. rush (in sport)
2. (cinematography) rushes
3. (video games) rush
4. (Quebec) rush (hurried state)

Further reading

• “rush”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English rush.

Noun

rush n (definite singular rushet, indefinite plural rush, definite plural rusha or rushene)

1. a rush (Etymology 2)

Derived terms

• gullrush
• rushtid

References

• “rush” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “rush” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English rush.

Noun

rush n (definite singular rushet, indefinite plural rush, definite plural rusha)

1. a rush (Etymology 2)

Derived terms

• gullrush
• rushtid

References

• “rush” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.