RUSHED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rushed mean? 

• RUSHED (adjective)
  The adjective RUSHED has 1 sense:

1. done under pressure

  Familiarity information: RUSHED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUSHED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Done under pressure

Synonyms:

rush; rushed

Context example:

a rush job

Similar:

hurried (moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste)

 Context examples 

And just then he gave a snort and a snarl and rushed at me.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

"All right." Womble rushed across the floor to the gold-sack.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

The instant his feet touched the ground he seemed to recover his courage, and rushed at his natural enemies.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

On the very day that I saw him last he cut himself in the bedroom, and yet I in the dining-room rushed upstairs instantly with the utmost certainty that something had happened.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then the god spoke, and at the first sound of his voice, the hair rose on White Fang's neck and the growl rushed up in his throat.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

He rushed, as though attempting the old shoulder trick, but at the last instant swept low to the snow and in.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

“It's Copperfield!” and rushed into my arms, where I held him tight.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

But hardly had the woman rushed from the room when Holmes, with swift, silent steps, was over at the other door.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The young man rushed up and demanded to know what we were about to do with the papers.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This state lasted but for an instant; the scream was repeated, and I rushed into the room.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)