Rush | Mean of rush in English Dictionary

/ˈrʌʃ/

• Verb
• to move or do something very quickly or in a way that shows you are in a hurry
1. Firefighters rushed to the accident scene.
2. The children rushed down the stairs.
3. She rushed past me.
4. I rushed home from work to get ready for the party.
5. She rushed through dinner.
6. I'm getting everything ready tonight so I won't have to rush (around) in the morning.
7. She rushed to close the window when she heard the rain.
8. We were rushing to catch the bus.
• to cause or force (someone) to do something too quickly
1. He got nervous because they rushed him.
2. Please stop rushing me!
3. They rushed her into making a bad decision.
• to do something too quickly and often with little thought, attention, or care
1. He rushed through his work and made a lot of careless mistakes.
2. She rushed into (making) a bad decision.
3. After the divorce, he rushed into another marriage.

• to flow or move very quickly in a particular direction
1. Water rushed through the pipes.
2. The rushing water broke through the barrier.
3. When he saw her photo, memories came rushing back.
• to bring or send (someone or something) very quickly to a particular place
1. He rushed his wife to the hospital.
2. Supplies for the victims were rushed in.
3. Lawmakers rushed the bill through Congress.
• to do (something) quickly in a short period of time
1. He asked the clerk to rush his order.
• to run toward (someone or something) very quickly
1. Several hostages rushed the gunman and knocked him to the ground.
2. The crowd rushed the stage at the concert.
• to go through the process of becoming a member of (a fraternity or sorority)
1. She is rushing a sorority.
• to try to get (a student) to join a fraternity or sorority
1. He is being rushed by a fraternity.
• to move a football down the field by running with it instead of throwing it
1. He rushed [=ran] for 100 yards in last week's game. = He had 100 yards rushing in last week's game.
2. The team has a strong rushing defense/attack.
3. He rushed [=ran] the ball for 100 yards in last week's game.
• to produce (something) very quickly
1. We had to rush the manuscript out so that it could be copied.
2. Reporters rushed out the story for the morning edition of the newspaper.
• Noun
• a quick, strong, or fast movement
1. He made a sudden rush toward the door.
• a quick and forceful movement of air, water, etc.
1. We felt a rush of cold/hot air from the vent.
2. When the levees broke, the rush of water flooded the area.
• a situation in which someone is doing something very quickly or hurrying
1. In his rush to get out the door, he forgot his hat. [=he forgot his hat because he was rushing/hurrying to get out the door]
2. We are in no rush [=hurry] to finish.
• a situation in which a large number of people move to or toward one place at the same time usually to do a specific thing or to search for something
1. Shop early to avoid the Christmas/holiday rush. [=the time when everyone else is doing their shopping]
• a sudden demand for something by many people
1. There is always a rush for fans and air conditioners during the first heat wave.
• the process of finding new people to join a fraternity or sorority
1. a fraternity rush
• the first prints of scenes of a film or movie that have not been edited
1. The director and the actors watched the rushes from the previous day's filming.
• a strong feeling or emotion caused by a drug or by something exciting
1. The roller-coaster ride gave me a rush. [=thrill]
2. an adrenaline rush [=high]
3. I felt a rush of relief after hearing the news.
• a tall plant similar to grass that grows in wet areas and that is used to make baskets and other things when dried