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rush
(r/@//S/ )

noun (n)

  • the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    haste, hurry, rushing
    source: wordnet30
  • a sudden forceful flow(noun.event)
    Synonym:
    spate, surge, upsurge
    source: wordnet30
  • grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems(noun.plant)
    source: wordnet30
  • physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    benjamin rush
    source: wordnet30
  • the swift release of a store of affective force(noun.feeling)
    Example:
    He got a quick rush from injecting heroin.
    Synonym:
    bang, boot, charge, flush, kick, thrill
    source: wordnet30
  • a sudden burst of activity(noun.event)
    Example:
    Come back after the rush.
    source: wordnet30
  • (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line(noun.act)
    Example:
    The linebackers were ready to stop a rush.
    Synonym:
    rushing
    source: wordnet30
  • A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush of water.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • not accepting reservations(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    first-come-first-serve
    source: wordnet30
  • done under pressure(adj.all)
    Example:
    A rush job.
    Synonym:
    rushed
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • move fast(verb.motion)
    Example:
    He rushed down the hall to receive his guests.
    Synonym:
    belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush along, speed, step on it
    Antonym:
    dawdle, linger
    source: wordnet30
  • attack suddenly(verb.competition)
    source: wordnet30
  • urge to an unnatural speed(verb.change)
    Example:
    Don't rush me, please!.
    Synonym:
    hurry
    Antonym:
    delay, detain, hold up
    source: wordnet30
  • act or move at high speed(verb.change)
    Example:
    We have to rush!.
    Synonym:
    festinate, hasten, hurry, look sharp
    source: wordnet30
  • run with the ball, in football(verb.motion)
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to move fast or to rush or race(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    race
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to occur rapidly(verb.creation)
    Synonym:
    hasten, induce, stimulate
    source: wordnet30
  • To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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