O que (quem) é Rush - definição
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Rushes; Rush (gaming); Rush (football); Rush (movie); RUSH; Rush (song); Rush (disambiguation); Rushes (disambiguation); Rush (TV series); Rush (film); Rush (album); Rush (videogames); User:Msinfousa/sandbox; RUSH (2014 TV series); Rush (2014 TV series)
rush
rush1
¦ verb
1. move or act or cause to move or act with urgent haste.
take somewhere with urgent haste.
(rush something out) produce and distribute something very quickly.
deal with (something) hurriedly.
2. (of air or a liquid) flow strongly.
3. dash towards (someone or something) in an attempt to attack or capture them or it.
American Football advance towards (an opposing player, especially the quarterback).
American Football gain a specified amount of ground by running forward with the ball.
4. US entertain (a new student) in order to assess suitability for membership of a college fraternity or sorority.
5. Brit. informal, dated overcharge (a customer).
¦ noun
1. the action or an instance of rushing.
a flurry of hasty activity.
2. a sudden strong demand for a commodity.
3. a sudden intensity of feeling.
informal a sudden thrill experienced after taking certain drugs.
4. (rushes) the first prints made of a film after a period of shooting.
Phrases
rush one's fences Brit. act with undue haste.
a rush of blood (to the head) a sudden attack of wild irrationality.
Derivatives
rusher noun
Origin
ME: from an Anglo-Norman Fr. var. of OFr. ruser 'drive back', an early sense of the word in Engl. (see ruse).
--------
rush2
¦ noun
1. a marsh or waterside plant with slender stem-like pith-filled leaves, some kinds of which are used for matting, baskets, etc. [Genus Juncus.]
2. used in names of similar plants, e.g. flowering rush.
Derivatives
rushy adjective
Origin
OE risc, rysc, of Gmc origin.
rush
(rushes, rushing, rushed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you rush somewhere, you go there quickly.
A schoolgirl rushed into a burning flat to save a man's life...
I've got to rush. Got a meeting in a few minutes...
Shop staff rushed to get help.
VERB: V prep/adv, V, V to-inf
2.
If people rush to do something, they do it as soon as they can, because they are very eager to do it.
Russian banks rushed to buy as many dollars as they could...
VERB: V to-inf
3.
A rush is a situation in which you need to go somewhere or do something very quickly.
The men left in a rush...
It was all rather a rush...
N-SING
4.
If there is a rush for something, many people suddenly try to get it or do it.
Record stores are expecting a huge rush for the single.
N-SING: usu N for n
5.
The rush is a period of time when many people go somewhere or do something.
The shop's opening coincided with the Christmas rush...
N-SING: the N, oft supp N
6.
If you rush something, you do it in a hurry, often too quickly and without much care.
You can't rush a search...
Instead of rushing at life, I wanted something more meaningful.
VERB: V n, V at n
• rushed
The report had all the hallmarks of a rushed job.
ADJ
7.
If you rush someone or something to a place, you take them there quickly.
We got an ambulance and rushed her to hospital...
We'll rush it round today if possible.
VERB: V n prep, V n with adv
8.
If you rush into something or are rushed into it, you do it without thinking about it for long enough.
He will not rush into any decisions...
They had rushed in without adequate appreciation of the task...
Ministers won't be rushed into a response...
Don't rush him or he'll become confused.
VERB: V into n, V in, be V-ed into n, V n
• rushed
At no time did I feel rushed or under pressure.
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ
9.
If you rush something or someone, you move quickly and forcefully at them, often in order to attack them.
They rushed the entrance and forced their way in...
Tom came rushing at him from another direction.
VERB: V n, V at n
10.
If air or liquid rushes somewhere, it flows there suddenly and quickly.
Water rushes out of huge tunnels...
VERB: V prep/adv
•
Rush is also a noun.
A rush of air on my face woke me.
N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp
11.
If you experience a rush of a feeling, you suddenly experience it very strongly.
A rush of pure affection swept over him...
N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp
12.
If you are rushed off your feet, you are extremely busy. (INFORMAL)
We used to be rushed off our feet at lunchtimes.
PHRASE: usu v-link PHR
RUSH
1. <language> An interactive dialect of PL/I, related to
CPS, dated about 1966. The name is the abbreviation of
"Remote Use of Shared Hardware".
["Introduction to RUSH", Allen-Babcock Computing 1969. Sammet
1969, p.309. ]
2. <language> A high-level language that closely resembles
Tcl but aimed to provide substantially faster execution.
See {rush-tcl94.ps.gz">An Introduction to the Rush Language
(ftp://ginsberg.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/papers/asah/rush-tcl94.ps.gz) }.
by Adam Sah, Jon Blow, and Brian Dennis (1994).
(1996-12-17)
Exemplos de pronúncia para Rush
1. PAUL RUSH: Hi, I'm Paul Rush.
Theater in a Digital Age _ Rick Lombardo _ Talks at Google
2. a rush.
Parenting in the Present Moment _ Carla Naumburg _ Talks at Google
3. Bobby Rush.
Bobby Rush _ I Ain't Studdin' Ya - My American Blues Story _ Talks at Google
4. If we rush that placement, if we rush bike placement,
Excellence in Motion _ Ken Hill _ Talks at Google
5. at rush hour.
ted-talks_1552_DavidBinder_2012G-320k
Exemplos do corpo de texto para Rush
1. They rush in, take what they want and rush out again.
2. In 2000, he‘d overreached by challenging former Black Panther Bobby Rush for the seat Rush held in the U.S.
3. There is surely room in the industry for a little subsidised romance in these rush–rush times.
4. "There has not been a rush in cancellations, just as there has not been a rush in bookings also.
5. "It‘s the nature of this city –– you‘re in a rush, the cabdrivers are in a rush, everyone‘s in a rush." The uncivil city roars, and somewhere a New York mayor shudders.