rush
Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure,…Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure, especially if therefore done badly.
» Why are you in a rush?
Чому ти поспішаєш? — deniko
Чому ви поспішаєте? — deniko
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1 senses(not comparable)Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure, especially if therefore done badly.
a rush job
done under pressure
Examples
959 sentencesWhy are you in a rush?
Чому ти поспішаєш? — deniko
There's no rush. I can wait.
Немає поспіху. Я можу зачекати. — deniko
He is used to eating in a rush.
Він звик їсти похапцем. — brambury
We're in a rush.
Ми поспішаємо. — shanghainese
ruМы спешим. — shanghainese
I'm in a rush.
Я поспішаю. — older
ruЯ спешу. — ArsWalrus
Origin
Perhaps from Middle English ruschen, russchen (“to rush, startle, make a loud rushing noisPerhaps from Middle English ruschen, russchen (“to rush, startle, make a loud rushing noise”), from Old English hrysċan (“to jolt, startle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hurskijan, from Proto-Germanic *hurskijaną (“to startle, drive”), from *hurskaz (“fast, rapid, quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run, hurry”).
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- done under pressure:rushed
- not accepting reservations:first-come-first-serve
Collocations
12 patterns- rush hour
- in a rush
- rush hour traffic
- avoid the rush
- the rush hour
- rushed out of
- rushed into the
- an adrenaline rush
- no rush to
- in no rush
- there's no rush
- adrenaline rush