B1verb · transitive · common

rush

rush · rushes · rushed · rushing

поспішати, спішити, квапитися, нестись

спешить, торопиться, поторопиться, поспешить

hetzen, sich beeilen, eilen, rauschen

To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking…To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.

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/ɹʌʃ/

» Why are you in a rush?

Чому ти поспішаєш?

Чому ви поспішаєте?

Meaning

13 senses

(intransitive, transitive)To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
rush one's dinner; rush off an email response
hetzen, sich beeilen, eilen
спеши́тьspešítʹ, поспеши́тьpospešítʹ, торопи́тьсяtoropítʹsja
поспіша́тиpospišáty, ква́питисяkvápytysja, спіши́тиspišýty
(intransitive)To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.
rauschen
хлы́нутьxlýnutʹ
нахли́нутиnaxlýnuty
move hurridly
(intransitive)To dribble rapidly.
cause to occur rapidly
(intransitive, transitive)To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
(transitive)To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
Don't rush your client or he may withdraw.
hetzen
торопи́тьtoropítʹ, поторопи́тьpotoropítʹ
ква́питиkvápyty
cause to move fast or to rush or race
(intransitive)To make a swift or sudden attack.
attack suddenly
(transitive)To swiftly attack without warning.
A detachment of cavalrymen rushed the enemy's position.
überfallen
(slang, transitive)To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
(transitive)To transport or carry quickly.
The shuttle rushes passengers from the station to the airport.
(intransitive, transitive)To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
(intransitive, transitive)To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
(US, dated, slang)To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.

Examples

959 sentences

Why are you in a rush?
Чому ти поспішаєш? — deniko
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There's no rush. I can wait.
Немає поспіху. Я можу зачекати. — deniko
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He is used to eating in a rush.
Він звик їсти похапцем. — brambury
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We're in a rush.
Ми поспішаємо. — shanghainese
ruМы спешим. — shanghainese
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I'm in a rush.
Я поспішаю. — older
ruЯ спешу. — ArsWalrus
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 3

to hurry:

to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily:

to cause to move or act with unusual haste:

Русский

By meaning 3

to hurry:

to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily:

to cause to move or act with unusual haste:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

to hurry:

to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily:

(transitive, military) to swiftly attack without warning:

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”).

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