rush
n.a sudden, strong feeling of excitement or energy. It can also mean a situation where you have to move or act very quickly because you are in a hurry.
n.a sudden surge of intense physiological or emotional sensation; alternatively, a period of hurried activity or rapid movement. Often associated with the immediate effects of a stimulant or a high-pressure situation.
“I felt a sudden rush of adrenaline during the race.”
“There is always a huge rush of customers just before the shop closes for the weekend.”
“The initial rush of success can be intoxicating, but it often masks the underlying structural challenges that a new business must eventually face to survive.”
Commonly used in the singular with an indefinite article ('a rush') when describing a feeling or a busy period.
When used to mean being in a hurry, the noun is countable and requires the indefinite article 'a'.
“The goalkeeper sits on the turf and signals for the physio, the other players rush to the technical area for a team talk.”
“Why rush to the answer when there are 40 more years of questions ahead?”
* 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.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.