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rush

rush

1 4.1
Done quickly under pressure with less care than usual
  • adjective
  • /rʌʃ/
translation icon : apresurado
  • So I would I hear both sides, but you can also just leave a little bit earlier, not be in a rush to have to run lights.

My intuition signals that this was a rush job.

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Examples

  • But it became clear really quick that that would be a real rush job and we did not want to rush this.

  • Turns out the name of the boat is rush hour.

  • And Mark said something about it being rush hour.

  • This is rush hour here, you know.

  • I kind of would have liked not to have written my second book in such a rush, but that's OK.

  • I just said that you can't make rush decisions like that at the top level when these high pressure games.

  • Now it's rush day.

  • This isn't rush hour.

  • So we often think of ourselves, as the glue that holds it all together, the translators, the interpreters, Mornings are rush, rush, rush.

  • The final project was completed in such a rush that it contained several errors.

Synonyms

speedy
vsrush
70 1.8

Moving or happening very quickly with little delay

emphasizes fast timing rather than pressure or lowered quality
rushed
vsrush
1.8

Made quickly without enough care because there is little time

is similar but emphasizes pressure causing lower quality
hurried
vsrush
3.4

Done quickly without careful thought

focuses more on speed and urgency than on pressure or care

Antonyms

58 8.6

Being very careful about small details

38 1.0

Avoiding waste when spending money

Idioms

9.9

To go quickly to the toilet because you have to pee or poo

Compounds

49 2.3

Times at the start and end of the work day when traffic is heavy

6 3.6

A sudden time when many people start a new business to try to get rich

6 3.0

A time when many people go quickly to a place to look for gold

bum's rush
  • Archaic
2 9.5

A quick, rude way to make someone leave

A sudden strong feeling that makes you active and excited

7.8

A tall plant with many soft, upright stems that grows at the edges of ponds and marshes

cotton rush
  • Specialized
9.3

A plant that grows in bogs with white fluffy flower heads

A grass-like wetland plant with thin round stems that spreads along the ground

A tall marsh plant people use to make papyrus

8.8

A tall wild plant with stiff round stems that grows in wet places

jointed rush
  • Australian
8.4

A tall Australian plant that grows in wet places and has hollow stems in separate sections

A water plant with thin leaves that adds oxygen to aquarium water

A water plant with thin leaves used in aquariums to add oxygen

rush grass
  • Specialized
8.1

A plant with thin tough stems that grows in wet places like marshes

rush nut
  • Archaic
9.9

A plant that grows near water and has nut-like parts you can eat

rush aster
  • Specialized
9.1

A wildflower with narrow leaves and pale violet or white flowers that grows in wetlands in North America

rush candle
  • Archaic
9.9

A candle that uses a plant stem as the wick and animal fat to make light

rush family
  • Specialized
6.1

A family of grass-like plants with round stems that grow in wet places

A grass with thin, stiff stems and flower groups covered by leaves that grows in wet ground

9.9

A woody plant from the southeastern United States that has yellow flowers

paper rush
  • Archaic
9.9

A tall marsh plant by the Nile whose stems are used to make paper

scouring rush
  • Specialized
9.9

A plant with rough, jointed stems that people once used to clean pots

9.9

A small grass-like plant that grows in wet, low ground

slender rush
  • Specialized
8.1

A plant with thin stems that grows in clumps in wet places like marshes

slender spike rush
  • Specialized
9.0

A water plant with thin leaves kept in aquariums to give oxygen to the water

8.9

A tall grass-like plant with soft upright stems that grows in wet places

spike rush
  • Specialized
8.9

A thin grass-like plant that grows in wet places like marshes

A plant with hollow striped stems used to scrub pots

How Hurried

slapdash
3 7.5
hurried
3.4
rush
1 4.1
hasty
63 3.9
prompt
28 3.4

Surface Forms

rush positive

Etymology

A rush job uses the idea of acting in a hurry; it comes from the same meaning of 'hurry', so a rush job is work done quickly and often with less care.