Meaning

17 senses

  1. A sudden forward motion.

    Vorwärtsstürmen

    бросо́кbrosók

    кидо́кkydók

    a sudden burst of activity

  2. A surge.

    A rush of business can be difficult to handle effectively for its unexpected volume.

    прили́вprilív, наплы́вnaplýv

    припли́вpryplýv, прили́вprylýv

  3. General haste.

    Many errors were made in the rush to finish.

    Eile, Hast

    спе́шкаspéška, го́нкаgónka, ажиота́жažiotáž

    по́спіхpóspix, гони́тваhonýtva, ажіота́жažiotáž

  4. A rapid, noisy flow.

    a rush of water; a rush of footsteps

    напо́рnapór

    на́тискnátysk

    a sudden forceful flow

  5. A sudden attack; an onslaught.

    на́тискnátisk, стреми́тельная ата́каstremítelʹnaja atáka

  6. The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.

    рашraš

  7. The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.

    a rush on the quarterback

  8. (dated)A rusher; a lineman.

    the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line

  9. A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.

    The rollercoaster gave me a rush.

    She felt the familiar cocaine rush soon after injecting herself.

    Rausch

  10. A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.

    rush week

  11. A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.

  12. (US, dated)A perfect recitation.

Examples

959 sentences

  1. Why are you in a rush?

    Чому ти поспішаєш? — deniko

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  2. There's no rush. I can wait.

    Немає поспіху. Я можу зачекати. — deniko

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  3. He is used to eating in a rush.

    Він звик їсти похапцем. — brambury

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  4. We're in a rush.

    Ми поспішаємо. — shanghainese

    ruМы спешим. — shanghainese

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  5. I'm in a rush.

    Я поспішаю. — older

    ruЯ спешу. — ArsWalrus

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 5
sudden forward motion:
surge — see also surge:
haste:
rapid, noisy flow:
plant:
Русский
By meaning 7
sudden forward motion:
surge — see also surge:
haste:
rapid, noisy flow:
military: sudden attack — see also onslaught:
video games: act of running at another player with large swarm of weak units — see also zerg:
plant:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
sudden forward motion:
haste:
pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant:
plant:

Origin

Perhaps from Middle English ruschen, russchen (“to rush, startle, make a loud rushing nois

Perhaps 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”).

From Middle English risshe, rusch, risch, from Old English rysċ, rysċe, risċ, risċe, from a merger of Proto-West Germanic *riskijā, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)resg- (“to weave”) and Proto-West Germanic *ruskijā, possibly borrowed from Latin rūscum (“butcher's broom”), of unknown origin + *-jā (animal and plant suffix).

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Forms

plural: rushes
Singularrush
Pluralrushes

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms
flushzergjuncus
Close in meaning
  • (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line:rushing
  • a sudden forceful flow:spatesurgeupsurge
  • physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813):Benjamin Rush
  • the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner:hastehurryrushing
  • the swift release of a store of affective force:bangbootchargeflushthrillkick

Word family

56 related words
Relatedrushesrushy
Derivedrush hourB2adrenaline rushbackrushboss rushbum rushbum's rushfeudal rushgold rushgreen rushheadrushlandrushpass rushrushaholicrushbearerrushbearingrush defencerusheerush goalierush jobrushworksugar rushinrushonrushoutrush

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ruralB2ruserussetRussianA2

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