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Rushing   /rˈəʃɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Rush  v. t.  
1.
To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward.
2.
To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error. (College Cant, U.S.)


Rush  v. i.  (past & past part. rushed; pres. part. rushing)  
1.
To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice. "Like to an entered tide, they all rush by."
2.
To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation. "They... never think it to be a part of religion to rush into the office of princes and ministers."





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"Rushing" Quotes from Famous Books



... sudden stir like the rushing of a mighty wind through the church, but the priest waved his hand and ...
— Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 - of Popular Literature and Science • Various
... Giles, rushing excitedly to the door, where that much-burdened official, with an extra man to help him, was sorting out what belonged to ...
— The Youngest Girl in the Fifth - A School Story • Angela Brazil
... handkerchief round his throat, and carrying a long pole, rapped him over the head, and peremptorily shouted 'Silence!' From that moment DICK was as mute as a Quaker, until the end of the play; when rushing out and dragging me after him, he proposed that we should go and finish the evening at a celebrated coffee-house, kept by 'a particular friend of his,' and where he had agreed to meet some half-dozen fellow-apprentices. ...
— The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 - Volume 23, Number 1 • Various
... in fear upon the lofty prow, And sacrifice with snow-white lambs,—the wind And the huge billow bursting close behind, Even then beneath the weltering waters bear 15 The staggering ship—they suddenly appear, On yellow wings rushing athwart the sky, And lull the blasts in mute tranquillity, And strew the waves on the white Ocean's bed, Fair omen of the voyage; from toil and dread 20 The sailors rest, rejoicing in the sight, And plough the quiet sea ...
— The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume I • Percy Bysshe Shelley
... I do, judging from the way you came rushing into this building. Vaniman, I protest. I have said my say to your attorney. I have nothing ...
— When Egypt Went Broke • Holman Day


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