To move or drive forward with impetuosity, violence, or tumultuous rapidity.
To move or act with undue eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; hurry: as, to rush into business or politics.
In foot-ball, to fill the position of a rusher.
To take part in a college rush. See rush, n., 5.
To cause to rush; cause to go swiftly or violently; drive or thrust furiously; hence, to force impetuously or hastily; hurry; overturn.
Specifically In foot-ball, to force by main strength toward the goal of one's opponents: said of the ball.
To secure by rushing.
To cause to hasten; especially, to urge to undue haste; drive; push.
In rowing, to come forward too fast; to rush the slide.
To surround with many attentions and entertain often: as, to rush a girl; to rush a man for a fraternity.
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A driving forward with eagerness and haste; a motion or course of action marked by violent or tumultuous haste: as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds.
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An eager demand; a run.
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In foot-ball, a play by which one of the contestants forces his way with the ball through the line of his opponents toward their goal.
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A very successful passing of an examination, or a correct recitation.
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A scrimmage between classes or bodies of students. such as occurs at some American colleges.