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rush

Pronunciation: /ɹʌʃ/

The English word “rush” has 20 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A sudden forward motion.
  2. A surge.
  3. General haste.
  4. A rapid, noisy flow.
  5. A sudden attack; an onslaught.
  6. The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
  7. The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
  8. A rusher; a lineman.
  9. A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
  10. A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
  11. A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
  12. A perfect recitation.
  13. A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.

verb

  1. To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
  2. To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
  3. To dribble rapidly.
  4. To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
  5. To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
  6. To make a swift or sudden attack.
  7. To swiftly attack without warning.

Etymology

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,…

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