'Rushing' definitions:
Definition of 'rushing'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Rushing'
From: GCIDE
- Rush \Rush\ (r[u^]sh), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rushed (r[u^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Rushing.] [OE. ruschen; cf. AS. hryscan to make a noise, D. ruischen to rustle, G. rauschen, MHG. r[=u]schen to rush, to rustle, LG. rusken, OSw. ruska, Icel. & Sw. ruska to shake, Dan. ruske to shake, and E. rouse.]
- 1. To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice. [1913 Webster]
- Like to an entered tide, they all rush by. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation. [1913 Webster]
- They . . . never think it to be a part of religion to rush into the office of princes and ministers. --Sprat. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rushing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrupt,
- affluent,
- ascending,
- axial,
- back,
- back-flowing,
- backward,
- confluent,
- coursing,
- decurrent,
- defluent,
- descending,
- diffluent,
- down-trending,
- downward,
- drifting,
- flowing,
- fluent,
- fluxional,
- fluxive,
- flying,
- going,
- gulfy,
- gushing,
- gyrational,
- gyratory,
- hasty,
- headlong,
- hurried,
- impetuous,
- mazy,
- meandering,
- mounting,
- passing,
- plunging,
- pouring,
- precipitant,
- precipitous,
- profluent,
- progressive,
- racing,
- reflowing,
- refluent,
- regressive,
- retrogressive,
- rising,
- rotary,
- rotational,
- rotatory,
- running,
- serpentine,
- sideward,
- sinking,
- sluggish,
- soaring,
- streaming,
- sudden,
- surging,
- surgy,
- tidal,
- up-trending,
- upward,
- vortical
Words containing 'Rushing'
- Rush,
- Rush, IN,
- Rushed,
- Rushingly,
- rush off,
- rush out,
- Bog rush,
- Bunt rush,
- Club rush,
- Dutch rush,
- Flowering rush,
- Friar Rush,
- Mat rush,
- Moss rush,
- Nut rush,
- Rush Center,
- Rush City,
- Rush County,
- Rush County, IN,
- Rush Hill,
- Rush Springs,
- Rush Valley,
- Rush broom,
- Rush candle,
- Rush grass,
- Rush line,
- Rush toad,
- Rush, KS,
- Scouring rush,
- Spike rush,
- Sweet rush,
- Toad rush,
- Twig rush,
- Wind rush,
- Wood rush,
- benjamin rush,
- common rush,
- cotton rush,
- gold rush,
- hard rush,
- jointed rush,
- needle rush,
- paper rush,
- rush along,
- rush aster,
- rush away,
- rush family,
- rush hour,
- rush nut,
- rush rose,
- salt rush,
- slender rush,
- soft rush,
- Club-rush,
- Rush Center, KS,
- Rush City, MN,
- Rush County, KS,
- Rush Hill, MO,
- Rush Springs, OK,
- Rush Valley, UT,
- Rush-bearing,
- creeping spike rush,
- egyptian paper rush,
- needle spike rush,
- rush-grass,
- slender spike rush,
- variegated scouring rush,
- rush-leaved daffodil