English Meaning
A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.
- To move or act swiftly; hurry.
- To make a sudden or swift attack or charge.
- To flow or surge rapidly, often with noise: Tons of water rushed over the falls.
- Football To move the ball by running.
- To cause to move or act with unusual haste or violence.
- To perform with great haste: rushed completion of the project.
- To attack swiftly and suddenly: Infantry rushed the enemy after the artillery barrage.
- To transport or carry hastily: An ambulance rushed her to the hospital.
- To entertain or pay great attention to: They rushed him for their fraternity.
- Football To run at (a passer or kicker) in order to block or disrupt a play.
- A sudden forward motion.
- Surging emotion: a rush of shame.
- An anxious and eager movement to get to or from a place: a rush to the goldfields.
- A sudden, very insistent, generalized demand: a rush for gold coins.
- General haste or busyness: The office always operates in a rush.
- A sudden attack; an onslaught.
- A rapid, often noisy flow or passage. See Synonyms at flow.
- Football An attempt to move the ball by running.
- Football An act of running at a passer or kicker in order to block or prevent a play.
- Sports A rapid advance of the puck toward the opponent's goal in ice hockey.
- The first, unedited print of a movie scene.
- A time of attention, usually one in which extensive social activity occurs.
- A drive by a Greek society on a college campus to recruit new members: a sorority rush.
- The intensely pleasurable sensation experienced immediately after use of a stimulant or a mind-altering drug.
- A sudden, brief exhilaration: A familiar rush overtook him each time the store announced a half-price special on expensive stereo equipment.
- Performed with or requiring great haste or urgency: a rush job; a rush order.
- Any of various stiff marsh plants of the genus Juncus, having pliant hollow or pithy stems and small flowers with scalelike perianths.
- Any of various similar, usually aquatic plants.
- The stem of one of these plants, used in making baskets, mats, and chair seats.