rush

rush is a 4-letter English word with 27 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 7 · 27 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.
2. noun. The merest trifle; a straw.
3. intransitive verb. To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.
4. intransitive verb. To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation.
5. transitive verb. To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward.
6. transitive verb. To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
7. noun. A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush of water.
8. noun. Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business.
9. noun. A perfect recitation.
10. noun. A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush.
11. noun. The act of running with the ball.
12. noun. the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

    "in his haste to leave he forgot his book"

    Synonyms: haste, hurry, rushing

13. noun. (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line

    "the linebackers were ready to stop a rush"

    Synonyms: rushing

14. noun. a sudden burst of activity

    "come back after the rush"

15. noun. a sudden forceful flow

    Synonyms: spate, surge, upsurge

16. noun. the swift release of a store of affective force

    "they got a great bang out of it"

    "what a boot!"

    Synonyms: bang, boot, charge, flush, kick, thrill

17. noun. physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)
18. noun. grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
19. verb. urge to an unnatural speed

    "Don't rush me, please!"

    Synonyms: hurry

20. verb. act or move at high speed

    "We have to rush!"

    "hurry--it's late!"

    Synonyms: festinate, hasten, hurry

21. verb. attack suddenly
22. verb. cause to occur rapidly

    "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"

    Synonyms: hasten, induce, stimulate

23. verb. move fast

    "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"

    "The cars raced down the street"

    Synonyms: hasten, hie, hotfoot, race, speed

24. verb. cause to move fast or to rush or race

    "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze"

    Synonyms: race

25. verb. run with the ball, in football
26. adjective. done under pressure

    "a rush job"

    Synonyms: rushed

27. adjective. not accepting reservations

Synonyms

haste, hurry, rushing, spate, surge, upsurge, bang, boot, charge, flush, kick, thrill, festinate, hasten, induce, stimulate, hie, hotfoot, race, speed, rushed

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in rush:

rhus

Common word forms

rushed, rushen, rusher, rushes, rushing

Words from these letters

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