RUSHING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rushing mean? 

• RUSHING (noun)
  The noun RUSHING has 2 senses:

1. (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line

2. the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

  Familiarity information: RUSHING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUSHING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

rush; rushing

Context example:

the linebackers were ready to stop a rush

Hypernyms ("rushing" is a kind of...):

run; running; running game; running play ((American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team)

Domain category:

American football; American football game (a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays)

Derivation:

rush (run with the ball, in football)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

haste; hurry; rush; rushing

Context example:

in his haste to leave he forgot his book

Hypernyms ("rushing" is a kind of...):

motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rushing"):

bolt; dash (the act of moving with great haste)

scamper; scramble; scurry (rushing about hastily in an undignified way)

Derivation:

rush (act or move at high speed)

rush (move hurridly)

 Context examples 

It was a deer-hound rushing upon him.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Despite the force of Saturn and Pluto, you have another planet rushing in to make sure things go well for you, and it’s Neptune, your ruling planet.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

From every side men, women, and children were rushing wildly for shelter, swarming up the staircases and into the caves in a mad stampede.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Ah! For an instant I was on the point of rushing in.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He, rushing up the steps, crossed the flagged yard, and pushed open the stable door.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

At the sound soldiers came rushing from their tents, knights shouted loudly for their squires, and there was mad turmoil on every hand of bewildered men and plunging horses.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I could hear the water rushing down upon the deck.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Let me pass, I say!’ He dashed her to one side, and, rushing to the window, cut at me with his heavy weapon.

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

Seizing my pistol, I was rushing out, when my wife threw her arms round me and held me with convulsive strength.

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

We heard her say, ‘Mother, there are two men in the house waiting to see you,’ and an instant afterwards we heard the patter of feet rushing down the passage.

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