A sudden forward motion.
A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush, severed him from the duke.
A surge.
A rush of business can be difficult to handle effectively for its unexpected volume.
Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
rush one's dinner; rush off an email response
To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure, especially if therefore done badly.
a rush job
Perhaps from Middle English ruschen, russchen (“to rush, startle, make a loud rushing noise”), from Old English hrysċan (“to jolt, startle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hurskijan, from Proto-Germanic *...
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armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.
To dribble rapidly.