rush

• A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush, severed him from the duke.1642, Henry Wotton, A Short View of the Life and Death of George Villiers:
• When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.1963, Margery Allingham, “Meeting Point”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 228:

• It's a rush / To find someone before the sun comes up / To find someone before the beat is gone / Don't wanna leave all alone / Everybody scrambled to the floor once more1983, Ashford & Simpson, “Side Effect”, in High-Rise (album):
• A rush of business can be difficult to handle effectively for its unexpected volume.

• Many errors were made in the rush to finish.
• Diane makes an announcement to the patient passengers on the quarter-full train. There is no sense of rush - time really does move more slowly in the Highlands. The passengers, nearly all tourists, don't seem in the slightest bothered.2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, in RAIL, number 997, page 38:

• a rush of water; a rush of footsteps

• a rush on the quarterback

• the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line

• The rollercoaster gave me a rush.
• She felt the familiar cocaine rush soon after injecting herself.

University slang

• rush week
• The trend burst through last week during sorority rush at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, but it continues today in the form of parody videos, deep dives on the status of various recruits and rush videos from women at other colleges across the country who are just starting the process themselves.2021 August 17, Allie Jones, “#BamaRush, Explained”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 Aug 2021:

University slang

• At the end of rush, the fraternities vote on who they want to extend invitations to join, and the rushes can then make their selection from the bids they get. Some rushes get bids from multiple fraternities, while others do not get bids from any.2011 September 15, Abe Gutierrez, “To Rush Or Not To Rush: A Crash Course From A Brother Who Likes It”, in NYU Local, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2026:
• After a few rounds of these competitions, the rushes that survive to the end get a "bid." Again, kind of like an auction. They don’t come in nice envelopes like sororities, though. Usually what happens is that they put the rushes in a room individually and tell them they didn’t get the bid, to see how sad they get. If they get really sad, the fraternity brothers come to the room and congratulate them on being accepted to the fraternity. Then, the rushes become pledges.2017 February 8, Youngweon Lee, “The Fraternity Rush Process As Told By Someone Who Knows Nothing About The Fraternity Rush Process”, in Bwog, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2022:

University slang