rush

Etymology 1
From, , , from , , , , from a merger of , from and , borrowed from , of unknown origin +. Cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, dialectal 🇨🇬. Further cognates include 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) Any of several stiff plants of the genus, or the family , having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
 * 2) The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
 * 3) The merest trifle; a straw.
 * 4) A wick.
 * 1) A wick.
 * 1) A wick.

Translations

 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: سَمَار
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 灯芯草
 * Cornish: bronn, bronnen
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: xunco
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σχοῖνος
 * Irish: feag, luachair, fiastalach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: イグサ
 * Korean:
 * Latin: iuncus
 * Low German: Rüüsch, Bees
 * Maori: wīwī, kuta, kutakuta, kōpūpūngāwhā, kōpūngāwhā
 * Mongolian:
 * Nahuatl:
 * Classical: tolin
 * Navajo: tłʼohtsʼózí
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: sev, siv
 * Ottoman Turkish: صاز
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: fead
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: си̑т
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: sitina
 * Slovene: ločje
 * Spanish: juncácea
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: очере́т
 * Walloon: ,
 * Welsh:
 * Yámana: mápi
 * Yiddish: קאַמיש


 * Italian: midollino
 * Walloon:


 * Georgian:

Etymology 2
Perhaps from, , from , from , from , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

An alternative etymology traces rush via from 🇨🇬 from, a variant (with formative k) of  from , making it akin to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Compare 🇨🇬. Influenced by from 🇨🇬 from 🇨🇬.

Alternatively, according to the OED, perhaps an adaptation of, , from ,  (although the connection of the forms with single -s- and double -ss- is dubious; also adopted in English ; French ), from an assumed 🇨🇬 and Latin , although connection to the same  root is also possible. More at.

Noun

 * 1) A sudden forward motion.
 * 2) A surge.
 * 3) General haste.
 * 4) A rapid, noisy flow.
 * 5)  A sudden attack; an onslaught.
 * 6)  The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
 * 7)  The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
 * 8)  A rusher; a lineman.
 * 9) A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
 * 10)   A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
 * 11)  A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
 * 12)  A perfect recitation.
 * 13)  A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
 * 1)  The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
 * 2)  A rusher; a lineman.
 * 3) A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
 * 4)   A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
 * 5)  A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
 * 6)  A perfect recitation.
 * 7)  A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
 * 1)   A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
 * 2)  A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
 * 3)  A perfect recitation.
 * 4)  A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
 * 1)  A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
 * 2)  A perfect recitation.
 * 3)  A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
 * 1)  A perfect recitation.
 * 2)  A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: ryntäys,
 * German: Vorwärtsstürmen
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐρωή, ῥιπή
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: dian-ruith
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: pagmamadali
 * Ukrainian:


 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ῥιπή
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: rush
 * Nynorsk: rush
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: dian-ruith
 * Slovak: nával
 * Tagalog: pagmamadali
 * Ukrainian: припли́в, прили́в


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: бързане
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σπουδή
 * Italian:
 * Maori: auraki
 * Plautdietsch: Eil, Bos
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: deann, cabhag, dian-ruith
 * Slovak: chvat, ponáhľanie
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: pagmamadali, kamotpusa
 * Turkish:, aldıraşlık
 * Ukrainian: по́спіх, гони́тва,


 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ῥοῖζος
 * Maori:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: на́тиск


 * Finnish: ;
 * Russian:, стреми́тельная ата́ка
 * Slovak: výpad


 * Russian:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:, ;
 * German:
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1)  To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
 * 2)  To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
 * 3)  To dribble rapidly.
 * 4)  To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
 * 5)  To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
 * 6)  To make a swift or sudden attack.
 * 7)  To swiftly attack without warning.
 * 8)  To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
 * 9)  To transport or carry quickly.
 * 10)  To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
 * 11)  To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
 * 12)  To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
 * 13)  To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing.
 * 1)  To make a swift or sudden attack.
 * 2)  To swiftly attack without warning.
 * 3)  To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
 * 4)  To transport or carry quickly.
 * 5)  To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
 * 6)  To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
 * 7)  To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
 * 8)  To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing.
 * 1)  To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
 * 2)  To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
 * 3)  To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
 * 4)  To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:rush (hurry)

Translations

 * Arabic:, أَسْرَعَ, هَرِعَ,
 * Egyptian Arabic: استعجل, طار
 * Hijazi Arabic: استعجل, اَتْصَرْبَع, سِرِع
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 急速去,  急速做,
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, pitää kiirettä, , tehdä kiireellä; ,  , juostenkusta ,
 * French: ,
 * German:, , , ;
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: ὁρμάω
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ingrian: hypätä
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latgalian: skubynuotīs, strāpuot
 * Latin: festīnō, vado
 * Latvian: steigties
 * Lithuanian:
 * Maori: auraki
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: apressar-se
 * Russian:, ; ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Tagalog: magmadali
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: поспіша́ти, ква́питися, спіши́ти, нести́сь


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, rynnistää ; kohista, , , ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Latin: adaestuō
 * Maori:, pūkeri, pūkerikeri
 * Old English: ætspringan
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit: पापतीति
 * Slovak: rútiť sa, hrnúť sa
 * Ukrainian: нахли́нути


 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Maori: whakatūkawikawi
 * Russian: ,
 * Ukrainian: ква́пити


 * Finnish: rynnäköidä
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὁρμάω
 * Maori: huaki, kōkiri


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:, tehdä yllätyshyökkäys, väijyttää
 * German:


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: sürgősen/sietve/azonnal/hamar szállít/visz/küld


 * Finnish: krokata

Adjective

 * 1) Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure, especially if therefore done badly.

Usage notes
Used only before a noun.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  in sport
 * 2)  rushes
 * 3)   hurried state
 * 1)   hurried state

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) a rush

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) a rush