Rush
Definition of Rush
Pronunciation: rŭsh | n. | 1. | (Bot.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus. | | 2. | The merest trifle; a straw. | | v. i. | 1. | To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice. | | 2. | To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation. | | v. t. | 1. | To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward. | | 2. | To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error. | | n. | 1. | A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush of water. | | 2. | Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business. | | 3. | A perfect recitation. | | 4. | (Football) A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush. |
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