rush
/ɹʌʃ/ verb B1- To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully. · rush one's dinner; rush off an email response
- To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily. · armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.
- To dribble rapidly.
- To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
- To cause to move or act with unusual haste. · Don't rush your client or he may withdraw.
- To make a swift or sudden attack.
- To swiftly attack without warning. · A detachment of cavalrymen rushed the enemy's position.
- To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
He/she/it rushes · Past rushed · Past participle rushed · -ing form rushing
Verb forms
- Base form
- rush
- He/she/it
- rushes
- Past
- rushed
- Past participle
- rushed
- -ing form
- rushing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
Anne, bursting into tears, rushed to the hall door, slammed it until the tins on the porch wall outside rattled in sympathy, and fled through the hall and up the stairs like a whirlwind.
A Boar rushed upon him, and avenged with a stroke of his tusks a long-remembered injury.
Mercédès and the old man rushed to meet the shipowner and greeted him at the door.
Barker had rushed out of the study.
Other matches
Learn rush in real texts
With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.