<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence</li><li>to dash, especially to dash forward for an attack or onslaught</li><li>to appear, go, pass, etc., rapidly or suddenly: The blood rushed to his face</li><li>(Football) to carry the ball on a running play or plays</li><li>(used with object) to perform, accomplish, or finish with speed, impetuosity, or violence: They rushed the work to make the deadline</li><li>to carry or convey with haste: to rush an injured person to the hospital</li><li>to cause to move, act, or progress quickly; hurry: He rushed his roommate to get to the party on time</li><li>to send, push, force, impel, etc., with unusual speed or haste: to rush a bill through Congress</li><li>to attack suddenly and violently; charge</li><li>to overcome or capture (a person, place, etc.)</li><li>(Informal) to heap attentions on; court intensively; woo: to rush an attractive newcomer</li><li>(Football) to carry (the ball) forward across the line of scrimmage</li><li>to carry the ball (a distance) forward from the line of scrimmage: The home team rushed 145 yards</li><li>(of a defensive team member) to attempt to force a way quickly into the backfield in pursuit of (the back in possession of the ball)</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of rushing; a rapid, impetuous, or violent onward movement</li><li>a hostile attack</li><li>an eager rushing of numbers of persons to some region that is being occupied or exploited, especially because of a new mine: the gold rush to California</li><li>a sudden appearance or surge: Seeing the old photo set off a rush of tears</li><li>a massive rush of adrenaline as you find yourself in free fall</li><li>hurried activity; busy haste: the rush of city life</li><li>a hurried state, as from pressure of affairs: to be in a rush</li><li>press of work, business, traffic, etc., requiring extraordinary effort or haste</li><li>(Football) an attempt to carry or instance of carrying the ball across the line of scrimmage</li><li>an act or instance of rushing the offensive back in possession of the ball</li><li>a scrimmage held as a form of sport between classes or bodies of students in colleges</li><li>slang: the initial, intensely pleasurable or exhilarated feeling experienced upon taking a narcotic or stimulant drug</li><li>adrenaline rush</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>requiring or done in haste: rush work</li><li>a rush order; rush work</li><li>characterized by excessive business, a press of work or traffic, etc.: The cafeteria's rush period was from noon to two in the afternoon</li><li>characterized by the rushing of potential new members by a sorority or fraternity: rush week on the university campus</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>urge</li><li>speed</li><li>run</li><li>hasten</li></ul>