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Any period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gold fever
Antonyms: none provided
A feverish obsession with seeking profits, especially in new markets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A cocktail made from bourbon, honey, and lemon juice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The urge to win gold medals, as in the Olympic Games.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Antonyms: none provided
a large migration of people to a newly discovered gold field
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: migration
a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: boom, bonanza, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
From gold + rush. First use appears c. 1848 in the Oregon Spectator.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
淘金熱 /淘金热
(táojīnrè)
— period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered
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Czech:
zlatá horečka
— period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered
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Danish:
guldfeber
— period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered
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Dutch:
goudkoorts
— period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered
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Esperanto:
orimpetego
— period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered
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Finnish:
kultakuume
— period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered
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Finnish:
kultaryntäys
— period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered
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French:
ruée vers l'or
— period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered
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German:
Goldrausch
— period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered
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Hungarian:
aranyláz
— period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered
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Italian:
corsa all'oro
— period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered
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Japanese:
ゴールドラッシュ
(gōrudorasshu)
— period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered
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Macedonian:
златна треска
(zlatna treska)
— period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered
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Malay:
kerubut emas
— period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered
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Mongolian:
алтны халуурал
(altny xaluural)
— period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered
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Norwegian Bokmål:
gullrush
— period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
gullrush
— period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered
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Polish:
gorączka złota
— period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered
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Portuguese:
febre de ouro
— period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered
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Russian:
золота́я лихора́дка
(zolotája lixorádka)
— period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered
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Spanish:
fiebre del oro
— period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered
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Swedish:
guldrush
— period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered
