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Definition of Rush
Rush

A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.

The merest trifle; a straw.

To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.

To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation.

To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward.

To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.

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.

Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business.

A perfect recitation.

A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush.

The act of running with the ball.

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Rush Quotations

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Alexander Pope

If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's opinions will rush in from all quarters.
George Bernard Shaw

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
George Eliot

The fact is that violence gives you a rush.
Penn Jillette

When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not.
Georgia O'Keeffe

Rush Translations

rush in Afrikaans is gou maak, haas
rush in Danish is skynde sig
rush in Dutch is spoed maken, voortmaken, haast maken
rush in German is hetzen, Andrang {m}, Eile {f}
rush in Italian is affiuenza, furia, spingere, smaniare, pigiare
rush in Latin is vado, impetus
rush in Portuguese is arremetidas
rush in Spanish is apresurar, acosar, cesped, presura, afluencia


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