Definition of Rushing

1. Noun. (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line. "The linebackers were ready to stop a rush"

Exact synonyms: Rush
Category relationships: American Football, American Football Game
Generic synonyms: Run, Running, Running Game, Running Play
Derivative terms: Rush, Rush

2. Noun. The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner. "In his haste to leave he forgot his book"
Exact synonyms: Haste, Hurry, Rush
Generic synonyms: Motion, Move, Movement
Specialized synonyms: Bolt, Dash, Scamper, Scramble, Scurry
Derivative terms: Hurry, Rush, Rush, Rush, Rush, Rush, Rush

Definition of Rushing

1. Verb. (present participle of ''rush'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rushing

1. yardage gained in football by running plays [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rushing

rushed
rushed behind
rushed behinds
rushedly
rushee
rushees
rushen
rusher
rushers
rushes
rushest
rusheth
rushier
rushiest
rushiness
rushing (current term)
rushingly
rushings
rushlight
rushlights
rushlike
rushy
rusine
rusk
rusks
rusma
rusmas
russel
russell's viper
russellite

Literary usage of Rushing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1912)
"Antony shouts to stop them from rushing ojf right there. 6This is his final stroke. NB— Where the numbers of the notes are repeated, it is to indicate that ..."

2. Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1854)
"Day after day they glided adown the turbulent river ; Night after night, by their blazing fires, encamped on its borders. Now through rushing chutes, ..."

3. The Vicar of Wakefield: Der Landprediger Von Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith (1857)
"... and nothing could have stopped me. "Where, where are my children?" cried I, rushing through the flames, and №o," rief id}, „№o finb meine kleinen? ..."

4. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"1598, vol. ii. pt.ip 227, where we are told that certain small rafts are carried to the shore by the force of the in-rushing wave ; ' the Suffe of the Sea ..."

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