rush
verb
[ rʌʃ ]
• move with urgent haste.
• "Oliver rushed after her"
Similar:
hurry,
dash,
run,
race,
sprint,
bolt,
dart,
gallop,
career,
charge,
shoot,
hurtle,
hare,
bound,
fly,
speed,
zoom,
go hell for leather,
pound,
plunge,
dive,
whisk,
streak,
scurry,
scuttle,
scamper,
scramble,
make haste,
hasten,
bustle,
bundle,
stampede,
tear,
belt,
pelt,
scoot,
zap,
zip,
whip,
step on it,
get a move on,
hotfoot it,
steam,
put on some speed,
go like a bat out of hell,
bomb,
bucket,
leg it,
wheech,
boogie,
hightail it,
clip,
barrel,
get the lead out,
cut along,
fleet,
post,
hie,
haste,
in a hurry,
running about,
run off one's feet,
rushing about,
dashing about,
pushed for time,
pressed for time,
time-poor,
busy,
hectic,
frantic,
drag/tear/haul ass,
• dash towards (someone or something) in an attempt to attack or capture.
• "to rush the bank and fire willy-nilly could be disastrous for everyone"
• entertain (a new student) in order to assess suitability for membership of a college fraternity or sorority.
• make (a customer) pay a particular amount, especially an excessive one.
• "how much did they rush you for this heap?"
rush
noun
• a sudden quick movement towards something, typically by a number of people.
• "there was a rush for the door"
Similar:
dash,
run,
sprint,
dart,
bolt,
charge,
scramble,
bound,
break,
stampede,
onslaught,
attack,
sortie,
sally,
assault,
onrush,
• an act of advancing forward, especially towards the quarterback.
• the first prints made of a film after a period of shooting.
• "after the shoot the agency team will see the rushes"
Origin:
late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French ruser ‘drive back’, an early sense of the word in English (see ruse).
rush
noun
• an erect, tufted marsh or waterside plant resembling a sedge or grass, with inconspicuous greenish or brownish flowers. Widely distributed in temperate areas, some kinds are used for matting, chair seats, and baskets.
• a thing of no value (used for emphasis).
• "not one of them is worth a rush"
Origin:
Old English risc, rysc, of Germanic origin.
