Meaning of rush In English

• 0 to (cause to) go or do something very quickly:

  • I've been rushing (about/around) all day trying to get everything done.

  • I rushed up the stairs/to the office/to find a phone.

  • When she turned it upside down the water rushed out.

  • [ + to infinitive ] We shouldn't rush to blame them.

  • You can't rush a job like this.

  • The emergency legislation was rushed through Parliament in a morning.

  • Don't rush me!

  • The United Nations has rushed medical aid and food to the famine zone.

  • He rushed the children off to school so they wouldn't be late.

• 1 If a group of people rush an enemy or the place where an enemy is, they attack suddenly and all together:

  • We rushed the palace gates and killed the guards.

• 2 In American football, to rush is to carry the ball forward across the place on the field where play begins. Also, a member of the opposite team rushes when they force their way to the back of the field quickly to catch the player carrying the ball.

• 3 a situation in which you have to hurry or move somewhere quickly:

  • Slow down! What's the rush?

  • Why is it always such a rush to get ready in the mornings?

  • Everyone seemed to be in a rush.

  • He was in a rush to get home.

  • They were in no rush to sell the house.

  • There's always a rush to get the best seats.

  • I try to do my shopping before the Christmas rush.

  • There's been a rush for (= sudden popular demand for) tickets.

  • There was a rush of air as she opened the door.

  • They made a rush at him to get his gun.

  • the California gold rush

• 4 a sudden strong emotion or physical feeling:

  • The memory of who he was came back to him with a rush.

  • I had my first cigarette for a year and felt a sudden rush (of dizziness).

• 5 a plant like grass that grows in or near water and whose long, thin, hollow stems can be dried and made into floor coverings, containers, etc.:

  • a rush mat

• 6 to do something or move very quickly, or to cause someone to act in such a way; hurry:

  • [ I ] She rushed toward me, talking and laughing.

  • [ I ] You shouldn’t rush out and buy one.

  • [ T ] We rushed her to the hospital.

  • [ T ] She never rushes her students.

• 7 something moving quickly, or the need for quick action:

  • [ C ] a rush of cold air

  • [ U ] There’s no rush, I can wait.

  • "It’s like this," she said in a rush (= quickly).

  • [ C ] a rush of excitement

• 8 to move or go somewhere very quickly:

  • rush to/into/out of sth Rescue workers rushed to the site of the chemical fire.

• 9 to do something very quickly:

  • We can't rush the process.

  • They've asked us to rush delivery of the credit card machines.

  • Please do the work carefully and do not rush.

• 10 the state of hurrying somewhere:

  • be in a rush (to do sth) He was in a rush to get to the meeting.

  • In my rush to get home, I left my laptop on my desk.

• 11 a time when a lot of people are leaving one place and going to another, for example leaving work to go to lunch, go home, etc.:

  • the morning/lunchtime/evening rush

• 12 a time when many people try to buy something:

  • a rush for sth The museums offered a bargain family membership, prompting a rush for the ticket counter.

  • a rush on sth There was a rush on disposable cameras.

• 13 a sudden movement towards something:

  • make a rush at/for sth He made a rush at the door.