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Quick definitions from WordNet (rush)
▸ 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 Revolutionary American leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)
▸ noun: grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
▸ noun: the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
▸ noun: the swift release of a store of affective force ("He got a quick rush from injecting heroin")
▸ verb: step on it ("He rushed down the hall to receive his guests")
▸ verb: run with the ball, in football
▸ verb: urge to an unnatural speed ("Don't rush me, please!")
▸ verb: act or move at high speed ("We have to rush!")
▸ verb: attack suddenly
▸ verb: cause to move fast or to rush or race
▸ verb: cause to occur rapidly
▸ adjective: not accepting reservations
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 5882 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #706)
▸ Also see rushy
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to rush
▸ Usage examples for rush
▸ Popular adjectives describing rush
▸ Popular nouns described by rush
▸ Words that often appear near rush
▸ Rhymes of rush
▸ Invented words related to rush
▸ 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 Revolutionary American leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)
▸ noun: grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
▸ noun: the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
▸ noun: the swift release of a store of affective force ("He got a quick rush from injecting heroin")
▸ verb: step on it ("He rushed down the hall to receive his guests")
▸ verb: run with the ball, in football
▸ verb: urge to an unnatural speed ("Don't rush me, please!")
▸ verb: act or move at high speed ("We have to rush!")
▸ verb: attack suddenly
▸ verb: cause to move fast or to rush or race
▸ verb: cause to occur rapidly
▸ adjective: not accepting reservations
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 5882 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #706)
▸ Also see rushy
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to rush
▸ Usage examples for rush
▸ Popular adjectives describing rush
▸ Popular nouns described by rush
▸ Words that often appear near rush
▸ Rhymes of rush
▸ Invented words related to rush