Meaning of Rush | Babel Free

Definitions

1. 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.
2. A sudden forward motion.
3. A surname
   countable, uncountable
4. A surname from English
   countable, uncountable
5. A dialect of the programming language PL/I.
6. The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
7. A surge.
8. An English surname originating as an occupation for someone who made things from rushes.
   countable, uncountable
9. The merest trifle; a straw.
10. General haste.
11. A surname from Irish
    countable, uncountable
12. A wick.
13. A surname from German
    countable, uncountable
14. A rapid, noisy flow.
15. A male given name.
    countable, uncountable
16. A sudden attack; an onslaught.
17. A placename
    countable, uncountable
18. A coastal town in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland.
    countable, uncountable
19. The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
20. A number of places in the United States.
    countable, uncountable
21. An unincorporated community in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.
    countable, uncountable
22. The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
23. An unincorporated community in Boyd County and Carter County, Kentucky, United States.
    countable, uncountable
24. A rusher; a lineman.
    dated
25. A town in Monroe County, New York, United States.
    countable, uncountable
26. A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
27. A number of townships, in Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania, United States, listed under Rush Township.
    countable, uncountable
28. A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
29. Ellipsis of Rush County.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
30. A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
31. A perfect recitation.
    US, dated
32. A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.

Equivalents

Examples

“A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush, severed him from the duke.”

“When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.”

“A rush of business can be difficult to handle effectively for its unexpected volume.”

“Many errors were made in the rush to finish.”

“Diane makes an announcement to the patient passengers on the quarter-full train. There is no sense of rush - time really does move more slowly in the Highlands. The passengers, nearly all tourists, don't seem in the slightest bothered.”

“a rush of water; a rush of footsteps”

“a rush on the quarterback”

“the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line”

“The rollercoaster gave me a rush.”

“She felt the familiar cocaine rush soon after injecting herself.”

“rush week”

“The trend burst through last week during sorority rush at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, but it continues today in the form of parody videos, deep dives on the status of various recruits and rush videos from women at other colleges across the country who are just starting the process themselves.”

“[…]daily “OOTDs” (outfits of the day), rush recap videos from freshly tanned and coiffed prospective new members (PNMs), and reactions to 18-year-old girls either elated or devastated by the high-stakes game of likability that is rush.”

“At the end of rush, the fraternities vote on who they want to extend invitations to join, and the rushes can then make their selection from the bids they get. Some rushes get bids from multiple fraternities, while others do not get bids from any.”

“After a few rounds of these competitions, the rushes that survive to the end get a "bid." Again, kind of like an auction. They don’t come in nice envelopes like sororities, though. Usually what happens is that they put the rushes in a room individually and tell them they didn’t get the bid, to see how sad they get. If they get really sad, the fraternity brothers come to the room and congratulate them on being accepted to the fraternity. Then, the rushes become pledges.”

“[W]hat occaſion haſt thou to give up Eccleſdoun-Caſtle to John Bull? his Friendſhip is not vvorth a Ruſh, give it me and I'll make it vvorth the vvhile.”

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