haste hurry rush rushing | the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner, in his haste to leave he forgot his book |
rush rushing | (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line, the linebackers were ready to stop a rush |
gold rush | a large migration of people to a newly discovered gold field |
rushlight rush candle | a tallow candle with a rush stem as the wick |
rush | a sudden burst of activity, come back after the rush |
rush spate surge upsurge | a sudden forceful flow |
boom bonanza gold rush gravy godsend manna from heaven windfall bunce | a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money), the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line |
bang boot charge rush flush thrill kick | 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 |
Rush Benjamin Rush | physician and American Revolutionary leader, signer of the Declaration of Independence (-) |
Juncaceae family Juncaceae rush family | tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes |
rush | grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems |
bulrush bullrush common rush soft rush Juncus effusus | tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America |
jointed rush Juncus articulatus | rush of Australia |
toad rush Juncus bufonius | low-growing annual rush of damp low-lying ground, nearly cosmopolitan |
hard rush Juncus inflexus | tall rush of temperate regions |
salt rush Juncus leseurii | rush of the Pacific coast of North America |
slender rush Juncus tenuis | tufted wiry rush of wide distribution |
rush aster | a variety of aster |
rush grass rush-grass | grass having wiry stems and sheathed panicles |
chufa yellow nutgrass earth almond ground almond rush nut Cyperus esculentus | European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers |
papyrus Egyptian paper reed Egyptian paper rush paper rush paper plant Cyperus papyrus | tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times |
cotton grass cotton rush | any sedge of the genus Eriophorum, north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes |
spike rush | a sedge of the genus Eleocharis |
needle spike rush needle rush slender spike rush hair grass Eleocharis acicularis | fine-leaved aquatic spike rush, popular as aerator for aquariums |
creeping spike rush Eleocharis palustris | cylindrical-stemmed sedge |
rush rose Helianthemum scoparium | woody yellow-flowered perennial of southeastern United States |
scouring rush rough horsetail Equisetum hyemale Equisetum hyemale robustum Equisetum robustum | evergreen erect horsetail with rough-edged stems, formerly used for scouring utensils |
variegated horsetail variegated scouring rush Equisetum variegatum | northern North America, Greenland, northern and central Europe |
rush hour | the times at the beginning and end of the working day when many people are traveling to or from work |
rush hurry | urge to an unnatural speed, Don't rush me, please! |
rush hasten hurry look sharp festinate | act or move at high speed, We have to rush!, hurry--it's late! |
rush | attack suddenly |
induce stimulate rush hasten | cause to occur rapidly, the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions |
leap out rush out sally out burst forth | jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone), The attackers leapt out from the bushes |
c rush hotfoot hasten hie speed race pelt along rush along cannonball along bucket along belt along step on it | move fast, He rushed down the hall to receive his guests, The cars raced down the street |
race a rush | cause to move fast or to rush or race, The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze |
rush off rush away | depart in a hurry |
rush | run with the ball, in football |
rush(a) rushed | done under pressure, a rush job |
first-come-first-serve(p) rush | not accepting reservations |