rush

Pronunciation

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Verb

Plain form rush

Third-person singular rushes

Past tense rushed

Past participle rushed

Present participle rushing

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you rush, you move or work quickly.

   After the accident, they rushed him to the hospital.

   I woke up late and rushed through breakfast.

Synonyms

• hurry

Noun

Singular rush

Plural rushes

1. (countable) A rush is a fast movement.

   As the movie finished, there was a rush to the toilets.

   A rush of air blew the papers off the desk.

   I was in a rush and knocked the glass onto the floor.