rush

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Perhaps from Middle English ruschen, russchen (“to rush, startle, make a loud rushing noise”), from Old English hrysċan (“to jolt, startle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hurskijan, from Proto-Germanic *hurskijaną (“to startle, drive”), from *hurskaz (“fast, rapid, quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run, hurry”). Cognate with Old High German hursken (“to hurry, speed, incite, accelerate”), Old English horsċ (“quick, quick-witted, clever”), Old Frisian rosk, rosch (“quick, rapid, sudden”). etymology note An alternative etymology traces rush via Middle English ruschen (“to rush”) from Old English *rūscian (“to rush”) from Proto-Germanic *rūskōną (“to rush, storm, be fierce, be cruel”), a variant (with formative k) of Proto-Germanic *rūsōną (“to be cruel, storm, rush”) from Proto-Indo-European *(o)rewə- (“to drive, move, agitate”), making it akin to Old High German rosc, rosci (“quick”), Middle Low German rûschen (“to rush”), Middle High German rūschen, riuschen (“to rush”) (German rauschen (“to rush”)), North Frisian ruse (“to rush”), Middle Dutch ruuscen (“to make haste”), Middle Dutch rūsen (“to rush”) (Dutch ruisen (“to rush”)), Danish ruse (“to rush”), Swedish rusa (“to rush”). Compare Middle High German rūsch (“a charge, rush”). Influenced by Middle English russhen (“to force back”) from Anglo-Norman russher, russer from Old French ruser, rëuser. Alternatively, according to the OED, perhaps an adaptation of Anglo-Norman russher, russer (“to force back, down, out of place, by violent impact", "to pull out or drag off violently or hastily”), from Old French re(h)usser, ruser (although the connection of the forms with single -s- and double -ss- is dubious; also adopted in English ruse; French ruser (“to retreat, drive back”)), from an assumed Vulgar Latin *refūsāre and Latin refundō (“I cause to flow back”), although connection to the same Germanic root is also possible. More at rouse.

* As an English surname, from the noun rush (“waterside plant, plant in marshes”). * Also as an English surname, from the archaic noun rush (“beehive”), from French ruche. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Ruis (literally “descendant of Ros”), a name from ros (“wood”). Sometimes also translated from Ó Luachra due to confusion with luachair (“rushes”), see Loughrey. * Also as an Irish surname, translated/Anglicized from Ó Fuada (literally “descendant of Fuada”), compare Foody, from the noun fuad (“haste”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Rüsch, Ruesch, Rusch.

From Middle English risshe, rusch, risch, from Old English rysċ, rysċe, risċ, risċe, from a merger of Proto-West Germanic *riskijā, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)resg- (“to weave”) and Proto-West Germanic *ruskijā, possibly borrowed from Latin rūscum (“butcher's broom”), of unknown origin + *-jā (animal and plant suffix). Cognates include West Frisian risk, Dutch rus (“bulrush”), Norwegian Bokmål rusk, dialectal Norwegian ryskje (“hair-grass”). Further cognates include Russian ро́зга (rózga).

277 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: turr — sudden forward motion
• Bulgarian: втурване (vturvane) — sudden forward motion
• Chinese Mandarin: 猛冲 (měngchōng) — sudden forward motion
• Finnish: ryntäys — sudden forward motion
• Finnish: syöksy — sudden forward motion
• German: Vorwärtsstürmen — sudden forward motion
• Ancient Greek: ἐρωή (erōḗ) — sudden forward motion
• Ancient Greek: ῥιπή (rhipḗ) — sudden forward motion
• Irish: ruathar — sudden forward motion
• Russian: бросо́к (brosók) — sudden forward motion
• Scottish Gaelic: dian-ruith — sudden forward motion
• Spanish: acometida — sudden forward motion
• Tagalog: pagmamadali — sudden forward motion
• Ottoman Turkish: قوشی (koşu) — sudden forward motion
• Ukrainian: кидо́к (kydók) — sudden forward motion
• Finnish: syöksy — surge — see also surge
• Ancient Greek: ῥιπή (rhipḗ) — surge — see also surge
• Norwegian Bokmål: rush — surge — see also surge
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rush — surge — see also surge
• Russian: прили́в (prilív) — surge — see also surge
• Russian: наплы́в (naplýv) — surge — see also surge
• Scottish Gaelic: dian-ruith — surge — see also surge
• Slovak: nával — surge — see also surge
• Tagalog: pagmamadali — surge — see also surge
• Ukrainian: припли́в (pryplýv) — surge — see also surge
• Ukrainian: прили́в (prylýv) — surge — see also surge
• Albanian: nxitim — haste
• Gheg Albanian: ngutje — haste
• Armenian: սլանալ (slanal) — haste
• Bulgarian: бързане (bǎrzane) — haste
• Czech: spěch — haste
• Finnish: kiire — haste
• French: hâte — haste
• German: Eile — haste
• German: Hast — haste
• Ancient Greek: σπουδή (spoudḗ) — haste
• Italian: fretta — haste
• Māori: auraki — haste
• Plautdietsch: Eil — haste
• Plautdietsch: Bos — haste
• Polish: pośpiech — haste
• Portuguese: pressa — haste
• Russian: спе́шка (spéška) — haste
• Russian: го́нка (gónka) — haste
• Russian: ажиота́ж (ažiotáž) — haste
• Scottish Gaelic: deann — haste
• Scottish Gaelic: cabhag — haste
• Scottish Gaelic: dian-ruith — haste
• Slovak: chvat — haste
• Slovak: ponáhľanie — haste
• Spanish: prisa — haste
• Spanish: priesa — haste
• Spanish: presura — haste
• Spanish: apuro — haste
• Tagalog: pagmamadali — haste
• Tagalog: kamotpusa — haste
• Turkish: telaş — haste
• Turkish: aldıraşlık — haste
• Ottoman Turkish: عجله (ʼacele) — haste
• Ukrainian: по́спіх (póspix) — haste
• Ukrainian: гони́тва (honýtva) — haste
• Ukrainian: ажіота́ж (ažiotáž) — haste
• Albanian: rrebesh — rapid, noisy flow
• Finnish: rynnistys — rapid, noisy flow
• Ancient Greek: ῥοῖζος (rhoîzos) — rapid, noisy flow
• Māori: tūpou — rapid, noisy flow
• Russian: напо́р (napór) — rapid, noisy flow
• Spanish: tromba — rapid, noisy flow
• Ukrainian: на́тиск (nátysk) — rapid, noisy flow
• Albanian: turrje — military: sudden attack — see also onslaught
• Finnish: rynnäkkö — military: sudden attack — see also onslaught
• Finnish: yllätyshyökkäys — military: sudden attack — see also onslaught
• Russian: на́тиск (nátisk) — military: sudden attack — see also onslaught
• Russian: стреми́тельная ата́ка (stremítelʹnaja atáka) — military: sudden attack — see also onslaught
• Slovak: výpad — military: sudden attack — see also onslaught
• Russian: раш (raš) — video games: act of running at another player with large swarm of weak units — see also zerg
• Finnish: estäminen — contact sports: act of running at another player to block or disrupt play
• Finnish: huuma — pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant
• Finnish: huumaus — pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant
• Finnish: kiksit — pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant
• German: Rausch — pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant
• Spanish: subidón — pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant
• Spanish: éxtasis — pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant
• Albanian: xunkth — plant
• Albanian: kashër — plant
• Amharic: መቃ (mäḳa) — plant
• Arabic: سَمَار (samār) — plant
• Breton: broenn — plant
• Bulgarian: тръстика (trǎstika) — plant
• Bulgarian: камъш (kamǎš) — plant
• Catalan: jonc — plant
• Chinese Mandarin: 灯芯草 (dēngxīncǎo) — plant
• Cornish: bronn — plant
• Cornish: bronnen — plant
• Czech: sítina — plant
• Danish: siv — plant
• Dutch: rus — plant
• Egyptian: H-Hn:n-i-Hn (ḥnj) — plant
• Esperanto: junko — plant
• Finnish: vihvilä — plant
• French: jonc — plant
• Galician: xunco — plant
• German: Binse — plant
• Greek: βούρλο (voúrlo) — plant
• Ancient Greek: σχοῖνος (skhoînos) — plant
• Irish: feag — plant
• Irish: luachair — plant
• Irish: fiastalach — plant
• Italian: giunco — plant
• Japanese: イグサ (igusa) — plant
• Korean: 골풀 (golpul) — plant
• Latin: iuncus — plant
• Low German: Rüüsch — plant
• Low German: Bees — plant
• Māori: wīwī — plant
• Māori: kuta — plant
• Māori: kutakuta — plant
• Māori: kōpūpūngāwhā — plant
• Māori: kōpūngāwhā — plant
• Mongolian: хулс (xuls) — plant
• Classical Nahuatl: tolin — plant
• Navajo: tłʼohtsʼózí — plant
• Norwegian Bokmål: siv — plant
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sev — plant
• Norwegian Nynorsk: siv — plant
• Occitan: jonc — plant
• Polish: sit — plant
• Portuguese: junco — plant
• Romanian: papură — plant
• Romanian: pipirig — plant
• Russian: камыш (kamyš) — plant
• Scottish Gaelic: fead — plant
• Serbo-Croatian: си̑т — plant
• Serbo-Croatian: sȋt — plant
• Sicilian: juncu — plant
• Slovak: sitina — plant
• Slovene: ločje — plant
• Spanish: juncácea — plant
• Swedish: säv — plant
• Ottoman Turkish: صاز (saz) — plant
• Ukrainian: очере́т (očerét) — plant
• Unami: anakànàskw — plant
• Walloon: djonkea — plant
• Walloon: cladjot — plant
• Welsh: brwynen — plant
• Yámana: mápi — plant
• Yiddish: קאַמיש (kamish) — plant
• Italian: midollino — stem of that plant
• Walloon: fistou — stem of that plant
• Albanian: nxito — to hurry
• Albanian: ngutu — to hurry
• Arabic: اِنْدَفَعَ (indafaʕa) — to hurry
• Arabic: أَسْرَعَ (ʔasraʕa) — to hurry
• Arabic: هَرِعَ (hariʕa) — to hurry
• Arabic: عَجِلَ (ʕajila) — to hurry
• Arabic: استعجل (estaʕgel) — to hurry
• Arabic: طار (ṭār) — to hurry
• Arabic: استعجل (astaʕjal) — to hurry
• Arabic: اَتْصَرْبَع (atṣarbaʕ) — to hurry
• Arabic: سِرِع (siriʕ) — to hurry
• Bulgarian: бързам (bǎrzam) — to hurry
• Chinese Mandarin: 急速去 (jísù qù) — to hurry
• Chinese Mandarin: 急速做 (jísù zuò) — to hurry
• Chinese Mandarin: 趕來 /赶来 (gǎnlái) — to hurry
• Dutch: afraffelen — to hurry
• Finnish: kiiruhtaa — to hurry
• Finnish: pitää kiirettä — to hurry
• Finnish: hätäillä — to hurry
• Finnish: tehdä kiireellä — to hurry
• Finnish: sännätä — to hurry
• Finnish: hutiloida — to hurry
• Finnish: juostenkusta — to hurry
• Finnish: kiirehtiä — to hurry
• French: se dépêcher — to hurry
• French: se hâter — to hurry
• German: hetzen — to hurry
• German: sich beeilen — to hurry
• German: eilen — to hurry
• German: flitzen — to hurry
• German: übereilen — to hurry
• Ancient Greek: ὁρμάω (hormáō) — to hurry
• Hungarian: rohan — to hurry
• Hungarian: száguld — to hurry
• Hungarian: siet — to hurry
• Hungarian: szalad — to hurry
• Hungarian: kapkod — to hurry
• Icelandic: flýta — to hurry
• Ingrian: hypätä — to hurry
• Italian: affrettarsi — to hurry
• Italian: correre — to hurry
• Japanese: 急ぐ (isogu) — to hurry
• Japanese: 駆け付ける (kaketsukeru) — to hurry
• Latgalian: skubynuotīs — to hurry
• Latgalian: strāpuot — to hurry
• Latin: festīnō — to hurry
• Latin: vado — to hurry
• Latvian: steigties — to hurry
• Māori: auraki — to hurry
• Polish: spieszyć się — to hurry
• Polish: biec — to hurry
• Portuguese: apressar-se — to hurry
• Russian: спеши́ть (spešítʹ) — to hurry
• Russian: поспеши́ть (pospešítʹ) — to hurry
• Russian: торопи́ться (toropítʹsja) — to hurry
• Russian: поторопи́ться (potoropítʹsja) — to hurry
• Spanish: correr — to hurry
• Spanish: apurarse — to hurry
• Spanish: apresurarse — to hurry
• Spanish: precipitar — to hurry
• Spanish: precipitarse — to hurry
• Spanish: verse negro — to hurry
• Tagalog: magmadali — to hurry
• Turkish: acele etmek — to hurry
• Turkish: aşıkmak — to hurry
• Turkish: ivmek — to hurry
• Ottoman Turkish: ایومك (ivmek) — to hurry
• Ukrainian: поспіша́ти (pospišáty) — to hurry
• Ukrainian: ква́питися (kvápytysja) — to hurry
• Ukrainian: спіши́ти (spišýty) — to hurry
• Ukrainian: нести́сь (nestýsʹ) — to hurry
• Unami: shaelìntàm — to hurry
• Albanian: turru — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• Bulgarian: нахлувам (nahluvam) — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• Esperanto: impeti — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• Esperanto: torenti — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• Finnish: rientää — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• Finnish: rynnistää — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• Finnish: kohista — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• Finnish: ärjyä — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• Finnish: syöksyä — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• Finnish: rynnätä — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• Finnish: sännätä — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• German: rauschen — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• Hungarian: tódul — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• Hungarian: árad — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• Hungarian: áramlik — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• Hungarian: özönlik — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• Latin: adaestuō — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• Māori: tūpou — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• Māori: pūkeri — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• Māori: pūkerikeri — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• Old English: ætspringan — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• Polish: biec — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• Russian: хлы́нуть (xlýnutʹ) — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• Sanskrit: पापतीति (pāpatīti) — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• Slovak: rútiť sa — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• Slovak: hrnúť sa — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• Ukrainian: нахли́нути (naxlýnuty) — to flow or move forward rapidly or noisily
• Albanian: nxitoj — to cause to move or act with unusual haste
• Albanian: ngutem (gheg) — to cause to move or act with unusual haste
• Finnish: kiirehtiä — to cause to move or act with unusual haste
• Finnish: hoputtaa — to cause to move or act with unusual haste
• German: hetzen — to cause to move or act with unusual haste
• Hungarian: sürget — to cause to move or act with unusual haste
• Hungarian: siettet — to cause to move or act with unusual haste
• Hungarian: hajszol — to cause to move or act with unusual haste
• Māori: whakatūkawikawi — to cause to move or act with unusual haste
• Russian: торопи́ть (toropítʹ) — to cause to move or act with unusual haste
• Russian: поторопи́ть (potoropítʹ) — to cause to move or act with unusual haste
• Spanish: apurar — to cause to move or act with unusual haste
• Spanish: apresurar — to cause to move or act with unusual haste
• Spanish: apremiar — to cause to move or act with unusual haste
• Spanish: apremir — to cause to move or act with unusual haste
• Spanish: acuciar — to cause to move or act with unusual haste
• Spanish: aguciar — to cause to move or act with unusual haste
• Ukrainian: ква́пити (kvápyty) — to cause to move or act with unusual haste
• Finnish: rynnäköidä — (intransitive, military) to make a swift or sudden attack
• Ancient Greek: ὁρμάω (hormáō) — (intransitive, military) to make a swift or sudden attack
• Māori: huaki — (intransitive, military) to make a swift or sudden attack
• Māori: kōkiri — (intransitive, military) to make a swift or sudden attack
• Chinese Mandarin: 突襲 /突袭 (tūxí) — (transitive, military) to swiftly attack without warning
• Finnish: yllättää — (transitive, military) to swiftly attack without warning
• Finnish: tehdä yllätyshyökkäys — (transitive, military) to swiftly attack without warning
• Finnish: väijyttää — (transitive, military) to swiftly attack without warning
• German: überfallen — (transitive, military) to swiftly attack without warning
• Finnish: kiidättää — to transport or carry quickly
• Finnish: krokata — croquet: to roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn