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▸ noun: The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
▸ noun: The merest trifle; a straw.
▸ noun: A wick.
▸ noun: A sudden forward motion.
▸ noun: A surge.
▸ noun: General haste.
▸ noun: A rapid, noisy flow.
▸ noun: (military) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
▸ noun: (video games) The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
▸ noun: (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
▸ noun: (American football, dated) A rusher; a lineman.
▸ noun: A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
▸ noun: (university slang) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
▸ noun: (university slang) A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
▸ noun: (US, dated, university slang) A perfect recitation.
▸ noun: (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
▸ verb: (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
▸ verb: (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.
▸ verb: (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
▸ verb: (intransitive, military) To make a swift or sudden attack.
▸ verb: (military) To swiftly attack without warning.
▸ verb: (video games, slang, transitive) To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
▸ verb: (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
▸ verb: (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
▸ verb: (transitive or intransitive, university slang) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
▸ verb: (US, slang, dated) To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
▸ verb: (intransitive, music) To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing.
▸ adjective: Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure, especially if therefore done badly.
▸ noun: An English surname originating as an occupation for someone who made things from rushes.
▸ noun: A placename
▸ noun: A coastal town in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Boyd County and Carter County, Kentucky, United States.
▸ noun: A town in Monroe County, New York, United States.
▸ noun: A number of townships, in Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania, United States, listed under Rush Township.
▸ noun: (computing) A dialect of the programming language PL/I.
▸ noun: Ellipsis of Rush County. [One of 92 counties in Indiana, United States. County seat: Rushville. Named after Benjamin Rush.]
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time rush,
adrenaline rush,
sugar rush,
traffic rush,
job rush,
gold rush,
shopping rush,
holiday rush,
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