rush

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However, ‘bama†™ s #8 ranking against the rush is a bit overrated; the Tide Secondary has been cheating up to support the run.

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  1. intransitive verb To move or act swiftly; hurry.
  2. intransitive verb To make a sudden or swift attack or charge.
  3. intransitive verb To flow or surge rapidly, often with noise: Tons of water rushed over the falls.
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  • What a rush was there to the standards when war broke out in 1861! —  Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of William H. F. Lee
  • I told him I had just pulled some dresses out of the warm dryer and I didn't want them to wrinkle before I got them hung out so that's what the rush was all about it. —  Dishpan Dribble
  • Betting on the Sooners to fail on the rush is about as good a bet as Bartolo Colon shilling for Jenny Craig.
  • However, ‘bama†™ s #8 ranking against the rush is a bit overrated; the Tide Secondary has been cheating up to support the run. —  Scout.com > CollegeFootballNews.com
  • Occasionally the fire of adjacent battalions, or of infantry employing fire of position, or of supporting artillery, will permit the further advance of the entire firing line from this point, but it will generally be necessary to advance by rushes of fractions of the line The fraction making the rush should be as large as the hostile fire and the necessity for maintaining fire superiority will permit. —  Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 Corrected to April 15, 1917 (Changes Nos. 1 to 19)
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roar ·  surge ·  wave ·  burst ·  noise ·  sensation ·  whisper ·  stream ·  hiss ·  storm ·  explosion ·  breath

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rush:   rushed ·  rushing ·  rushes
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Etymologies (6)

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  1. Middle English rushen, from Anglo-Norman russher, variant of Old French ruser, to drive back, from Latin recūsāre, to reject : re-, re- + causārī, to give as a reason (from causa, cause).
  2. Middle English, from Old English rysc.

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  1. English dial. also rish, resh, transposed rix; from Middle English rusche, rische, risshe, resche, reshe, resse, from Anglo-Saxon risce, resce, rysc, risc, transposed rixe = Dutch rusch = Middle Low German rusch, risch, Low German rusch, rusk, risch = Middle High German rusche, rusch, German rausch, rusch, risch, a rush; prob. from Latin ruscum, also rustum, butcher's-broom; perhaps, with formative -cum (see -ic), from rus- = Gothic (Moesogothic) raus, a reed (later Old French ros, diminutive rosel, French roseau = Provencal raus, diminutive rauzel, rauzeu, a reed), = Old High German rōr, Middle High German rōr, German rohr = Dutch roer = Icelandic royr = Swedish Danish rör (not in Anglo-Saxon), a reed. Cf. bulrush.
  2. Early modern English also rysshe; from rush, n.
  3. from Middle English rushen, ruschen = Middle Low German rūschen, Low German rusken, rush, clatter, rustle, = Dutch ruischen, rush, = Middle High German rūschen, riuschen, German rauschen, rush, roar, = Old Swedish ruska, rush, shake, Swedish ruska, shake, tremble, = Icelandic ruska, shake violently, = Danish ruske, shake, pull, twitch; cf. Anglo-Saxon hriscan, make a noisc; apparently, with formative -k, from a simple verb represented by Old Swedish rusa, rush, shake; perhaps ult. from the root of Latin rudere, make a noise, etc.; cf. rumor.
  4. from rush, v.
 

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