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rush

noun

1 rush

The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner.

synonyms: haste, hurry, rushing.

Roget 684: haste, urgency; despatch, dispatch; acceleration, spurt, spirt, forced march, rush, dash; speed, velocity etc. 274; ... show more

Roget 643: unimportance, insignificance, nothingness, immateriality.    triviality, levity, frivolity; paltriness etc. adj.; poverty; smallness etc. 32; ... show more

Roget 367: vegetable, vegetable kingdom; flora, verdure.    plant; tree, shrub, bush; creeper; herb, herbage; grass.    annual; ... show more

Roget 274: velocity, speed, celerity; swiftness etc. adj.; rapidity, eagle speed; expedition etc. (activity) 682; pernicity; acceleration; ... show more

Roget 173: violence, inclemency, vehemence, might, impetuosity; boisterousness etc. adj.; effervescence, ebullition; turbulence, bluster; uproar, callithump [U.S.], ... show more

Roget 171: energy, physical energy, force, power etc. 157; keenness etc. adj.; intensity, vigor, strength, elasticity; go; ... show more

Roget 72: assemblage; collection, collocation, colligation; compilation, levy, gathering, ingathering, muster, attroupement; team; concourse, conflux, congregation, ... show more

Dutch: gehaast, gejakker, haast, spoed

2 rush

A sudden forceful flow.

synonyms: spate, surge, upsurge.

Roget 348: running water.    jet, spirt, spurt, squirt, spout, spray, splash, rush, gush, jet d'eau [Fr.]; sluice.    water spout, water fall; ... show more

3 rush

Grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems.

Dutch: bies

4 Rush

Physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813).

synonym: Benjamin Rush.

5 rush

The swift release of a store of affective force:
— He got a quick rush from injecting heroin.

synonyms: bang, boot, charge, flush, kick, thrill.

6 rush

A sudden burst of activity.

Polish: ruch

7 rush

American football An attempt to advance the ball by running into the line:
— The linebackers were ready to stop a rush.

synonym: rushing.

verb

1 rush

Move hurridly:
— He rushed down the hall to receive his guests.

synonyms: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush along, speed ... show more.

Roget 274: move quickly, trip, fisk; speed, hie, hasten, post, spank, scuttle; scud, scuddle; scour, scour the plain; scamper; ... show more

Dutch: zich haasten, afjakkeren, afraffelen, afraggen, aframmelen, afroffelen

2 rush

Attack suddenly.

3 rush

Urge to an unnatural speed:
— Don't rush me, please!.

synonym: hurry.

4 rush

Act or move at high speed:
— We have to rush!.

synonyms: festinate, hasten, hurry, look sharp.

Roget 684: haste, hasten; make haste, make a dash etc. n.; hurry on, dash on, whip on, push on, press on, press forward; hurry, skurry, ... show more

Dutch: verhaasten, bespoedigen, haasten, jachten, jagen, opschieten, vlotten, voortjagen, voortmaken

5 rush

Run with the ball, in football.

6 rush

Cause to move fast or to rush or race.

synonym: race.

Dutch: zich haasten, overhaasten, haasten

7 rush

Cause to occur rapidly.

synonyms: hasten, induce, stimulate.

Roget 173: be violent etc. adj.; run high; ferment, effervesce; romp, rampage, go on a rampage; run wild, run amuck, run riot; break the peace; rush, ... show more

adjective

1 rush

Not accepting reservations.

synonym: first-come-first-serve.

2 rush

Done under pressure:
— A rush job.

synonym: rushed.


Moby thesaurus: Brownian movement, a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, accelerate, ado, advance, affluence, afflux, affluxion, aftergrass, aggravated assault, aggression, air speed, amphibious attack, angular motion, armed assault, ascending ... show more.

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