Noun Definition

rush

1.Definition: (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line

"The linebackers were ready to stop a rush"

Category: General

2.Definition: a sudden burst of activity

"Come back after the rush"

Category: General

3.Definition: a sudden forceful flow

Related Noun(s):spate, surge, upsurge

Category: General

4.Definition: grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems

Category: Plants

5.Definition: physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)

Related Noun(s):benjamin rush

Category: People

6.Definition: the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

Related Noun(s):haste, hurry

Category: General

7.Definition: the swift release of a store of affective force

"They got a great bang out of it", "What a boot!", "He got a quick rush from injecting heroin", "He does it for kicks"

Related Noun(s):bang, boot, charge, flush, kick, thrill

Category: Feelings