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rush
has definitions from the fields of sport,american football,botany,medicine,work,politics
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[ verb ] step on it
Examples "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests" "The cars raced down the street" Used in print (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)The local decorator who rushes in for a_few hours of teaching may but more likely may_not have these qualifications . (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)a train rushes straight at the audience , or a great wave threatens to break over the seats . (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)At a very shallow place , two Mexicans rushed into the open for a shot . When it became obvious that he could stay inside no_longer , taking a_thousand to one chance Gonzales rushed outside , square against the muzzle of a Winchester . |
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[ noun ] the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
Examples "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" Used in print (Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)Virtually everyone agrees , however , that the trend toward female sexual aggressiveness was tremendously accelerated with the postwar rush to the suburbs . |
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[ verb ] attack suddenly
Used in print (Vina Delmar, The Big Family....)As_soon_as that one man is appointed by himself or the others or by a signal from Spencer , we are going_to be rushed . We are going_to be rushed and murdered '' . We are not going_to be rushed and murdered '' , Alexander said . |
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[ noun ] a sudden forceful flow
Used in print (Mignon G. Eberhart, The Cup, the Blade...)A rush of panic caught Sarah . (Richard S. Prather, "The Bawdy Beautiful," Cavalier...)This time she stopped the rush of words herself . Related terms |
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[ verb ] act or move at high speed
Synonyms Examples "We have to rush!" "hurry--it's late!" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)Next to Leo_Durocher , Dark taught Mays the most when he was a grass green rookie rushed up_to the Polo_Grounds 10 years ago this month , to help the Giants win a dramatic pennant . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 706
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[ noun ] (medicine,work,politics) physician and Revolutionary American leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)
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[ noun ] the swift release of a store of affective force
Examples "they got a great bang out of it" "what a boot!" "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin" "he does it for kicks" Related terms |
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[ verb ] (american football) run with the ball, in football
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[ noun ] (botany) grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
Related terms marsh_plant bulrush toad_rush hard_rush salt_rush slender_rush jointed_rush Juncaceae |
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[ noun ] a sudden burst of activity
Examples "come back after the rush" "he joined the gold rush" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
Synonyms Examples "the linebackers were ready to stop a rush" Related terms |
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