rush1
  
  v.
     - move or act or cause to move or act with urgent haste. 
▸take somewhere with urgent haste.
 ▸
(rush something out)
 produce and distribute something very quickly.
 ▸deal with (something) hurriedly.
 - (of air or a liquid) flow strongly.
 - dash towards (someone or something) in an attempt to attack or capture them or it. 
▸American Football  advance towards (an opposing player, especially the quarterback).
 ▸American Football  gain a specified amount of ground by running forward with the ball.
 - US entertain (a new student) in order to assess suitability for membership of a college fraternity or sorority.
 - Brit. informal, dated overcharge (a customer).
 
n.
    - the action or an instance of rushing. 
▸a flurry of hasty activity.
 - a sudden strong demand for a commodity.
 - a sudden intensity of feeling. 
▸informal a sudden thrill experienced after taking certain drugs.
 - 
(rushes)
 the first prints made of a film after a period of shooting.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    - rush one's fences
 Brit. act with undue haste.  - a rush of blood 
(to the head)
 a sudden attack of wild irrationality. 
   
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  ME: from an Anglo-Norman Fr. var. of OFr. ruser ‘drive back’, an early sense of the word in Engl. (see ruse).
 
  
    
rush2
  
  n.
  - a marsh or waterside plant with slender stem-like pith-filled leaves, some kinds of which are used for matting, baskets, etc. 
[Genus Juncus.]
 - used in names of similar plants, e.g. flowering rush.
 
 
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  OE risc, rysc, of Gmc origin.