How to pronounce “rush”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A sudden forward motion.
• A surge.
• General haste.
• A rapid, noisy flow.
• (military) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
• (video games) The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
• (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
• (American football, dated) A rusher; a lineman.
• A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
• (university slang) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
• (university slang) A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
• (US, dated, university slang) A perfect recitation.
• (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
• [Verb]
• (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
• (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
• (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.
• (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
• (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
• (intransitive, military) To make a swift or sudden attack.
• (transitive, military) To swiftly attack without warning.
• (video games, slang, transitive) To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
• (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
• (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
• (transitive or intransitive, university slang) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
• (US, slang, dated) To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
• (intransitive, music) 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.
• [Adjective]
• Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure, especially if therefore done badly.

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