Usually means: Rapid migration to mine gold.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word gold rush:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. gold rush: Merriam-Webster
  2. gold rush: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gold rush: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gold rush: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gold rush: Vocabulary.com
  6. gold-rush: Wordnik
  7. gold rush: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. gold rush: Wiktionary
  9. gold rush: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. gold rush: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. gold rush: Dictionary.com
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  13. gold rush: Rhymezone
  14. gold rush: FreeDictionary.org
  15. gold rush: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. gold rush: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. gold rush: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Gold Rush: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gold rush: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See gold_rusher as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (gold rush)

noun:  (chiefly historical) Any period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered.
noun:  (figurative) A feverish obsession with seeking profits, especially in new markets.
noun:  A cocktail made from bourbon, honey, and lemon juice.
noun:  (informal, sports) The urge to win gold medals, as in the Olympic Games.

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