Rush

·noun A perfect recitation.

II. Rush ·noun The merest trifle; a straw.

III. Rush ·noun The act of running with the ball.

IV. Rush ·noun Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business.

V. Rush ·vt To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward.

VI. Rush ·vt To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an Error.

VII. Rush ·noun A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush.

VIII. Rush ·noun A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.

IX. Rush ·vi To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.

X. Rush ·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.

XI. Rush ·vi To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation.