Definition of rush

"rush" in the noun sense

1. haste, hurry, rush, rushing

the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

"in his haste to leave he forgot his book"

2. rush, spate, surge, upsurge

a sudden forceful flow

3. rush

grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems

4. Rush, Benjamin Rush

physician and American Revolutionary leader signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)

5. bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick

the swift release of a store of affective force

"they got a great bang out of it"

"what a boot!"

"he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"

"he does it for kicks"

6. rush

a sudden burst of activity

"come back after the rush"

7. rush, rushing

American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line

"the linebackers were ready to stop a rush"

"rush" in the verb sense

1. rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it

move hurridly

"He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"

"The cars raced down the street"

2. rush

attack suddenly

3. rush, hurry

urge to an unnatural speed

"Don't rush me, please!"

4. rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate

act or move at high speed

"We have to rush!"

"hurry

5. rush

run with the ball, in football

6. race, rush

cause to move fast or to rush or race

"The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze"

7. induce, stimulate, rush, hasten

cause to occur rapidly

"the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"

"rush" in the adjective sense

1. first-come-first-serve, rush

not accepting reservations

2. rush, rushed

done under pressure

"a rush job"

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Quotations for rush

The combat deepens. On, ye brave,
Who rush to glory, or the grave! [ Campbell ]

A drowning man will catch at a rush. [ Proverb ]

Better no ring than a ring of a rush. [ Proverb ]

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. [ Pope ]

In pride, in reasoning pride, our error lies;
All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies.
Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes,
Men would be angels, angels would be gods.
Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell,
Aspiring to be angels men rebel;
And who but wishes to invert the laws
Of order, sins against the Eternal cause. [ Pope ]

Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones,
And tottering empires rush by their own weight. [ Armstrong ]

What should be spoken here, where our fate,
Hid within an auger-hole, may rush, and seize us? [ William Shakespeare ]

While we flee from our fate, we like fools rush on it. [ Buchanan ]

Let friendship creep gently to a height; if it rush to it, it may soon run itself out of breath. [ Thomas Fuller ]

Men who have great riches and little culture rush into business, because they are weary of themselves. [ Horace Greeley ]

The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [ Tacitus ]

Thus came the lovely spring, with a rush of blossoms and music, flooding the earth with flowers and the air with melodies vernal. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

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 ]

In youth, grief comes with a rush and overflow, but it dries up, too, like the torrent. In the winter of life it remains a miserable pool, resisting all evaporation. [ Madame Swetchine ]

The lofty pine is oftenest agitated by the winds - high towers rush to the earth with a heavier fall - and the lightning most frequently strikes the highest mountains. [ Horace ]

rush in Scrabble®

The word rush is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters rush:

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rush in Words With Friends™

The word rush is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters rush:

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Words within the letters of rush

2 letter words in rush (2 words)

3 letter words in rush (1 word)

4 letter words in rush (1 word)

Words containing the sequence rush

Words that start with rush (9 words)

Word Growth involving rush

Shorter words in rush

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Longer words containing rush

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