rush

rush

1. noun, dated slang An exceptional or excessive lavishing of attention on someone, especially a woman, so as to woo them or gain their affections. He had been giving her the rush for months, but Mary showed no signs of interest in him.
2. verb, dated slang To attempt to woo (someone, especially a woman) with an exceptional or excessive lavishing of attention. All the men in our town set about rushing my sister the moment it became public knowledge that she was single again.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

rush

1. n. a quick print of a day’s shooting of a film. (Filmmaking. Usually plural.) After today’s shooting, we’ll watch yesterday’s rushes.
2. n. a period of time when fraternities and sororities are permitted to pursue new members. (Collegiate.) When does rush start this year?
3. tv. [for a fraternity or sorority member] to try to persuade someone to join. They can’t rush anyone except during rush week.
4. tv. to court or date someone, usually a woman. (From sense 3) He spent some time trying to rush her but had to give up.
5. n. a burst of energy or good feeling from a drug; the explosive euphoria of some kinds of drugs. (Drugs.) What kind of rush does this have?
6. n. any excitement; any burst of good feeling. (From sense 5) The wonderful ending to the movie gave me a rush.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • a (sudden) rush of blood (to the head)
  • a mad rush
  • a rush of blood
  • a rush on (something)
  • a tearing hurry
  • a tearing hurry/rush
  • a tearing rush
  • adrenaline rush
  • be run off (one's) feet
  • be rushed off (one's) feet
  • be/get run/rushed off your feet
  • bum rush
  • bum’s rush
  • bum's rush
  • bum's rush, to give/get the
  • fools rush in
  • fools rush in where angels fear to tread
  • get run off (one's) feet
  • get rushed off (one's) feet
  • get the bum's rush
  • give (one) the bum's rush
  • give somebody/get the bum's rush
  • give someone the bum's rush
  • have a (sudden) rush of blood to the head
  • have a rush of blood to the head
  • in a mad rush
  • in a rush
  • in no rush
  • mad rush
  • not in a/any rush
  • off someone's feet
  • rush
  • rush (one) off (one's) feet
  • rush (one's) fences
  • rush (something) into print
  • rush (something) to print
  • rush around like a blue-arsed fly
  • rush at
  • rush at (someone or something)
  • rush for
  • rush for (someone or something)
  • rush hour
  • rush in
  • rush into
  • rush into (something)
  • rush into print
  • rush off
  • rush on
  • rush out
  • rush out of
  • rush out of (something or some place)
  • rush through
  • rush to
  • rush to (someone, something, or some place)
  • rush to conclusions
  • rush to the hospital
  • rush up (to someone or something)
  • rush your fences
  • rushed off your feet
References in periodicals archive
d: ss ne The Rush family are still well-known in the Flint area, and it was from his home county where many of his nominations came.
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When Rush and his dreams are discussed, it is usually in the context of his extraordinary correspondence with John Adams, his fellow signer of the Declaration of Independence and good friend.
An American founder's dream: using Benjamin Rush's subconscious as an introduction to the study of history
Today Coffee Rush has two cafes and five drive-thru locations.
Retailer of the month: a Mad Rush for Coffee Rush: between their five drive-thrus and two cafes, Coffee Rush has taken over the Oregon coffee market. While their products are delivered to the customer in a speedy fashion, the quality of their coffee is something to savor. We asked Lisa Yost, who co-owns the stores with her husband Ron, why Coffee Rush is "coffee to drive for."
Serving as president from 1993 until 2005, Rush was dismissed following a special closed meeting of the Board of Trustees.
Judge: fired Arkansas president deserves his day in court
Wherever I go the audience keeps saying, "When, when, when is Rush Hour 3?" So I said, "Let's do it."
Movie Q&A; the razz movie reviews JACKIE CHAN Rush Hour 3
"My son was concerned," said Rush, who lives on a rural spread with a barn full of Elvis records and memorabilia that belonged to his older brother and sister.
No biz like show biz for Gainesville lawyer turned producer
I suggest you embrace the Christmas rush, but not the rush I've been describing thus far.
Embracing the Christmas rush
Each container is designed to collect all kinds of paper to make the process more convenient for the program's participants, so the material is sent to a sorting facility before it goes off to the company's news print and paper mills, says Rush.
Hearts of gold: the Abitibi Paper Retriever program partners with Mittal Steel to benefit the American Heart Association
Born in Berlin in 1912, Rush was witness to Germany's Weimar and Nazi regimes before relocating to Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1935, in part to escape her family's antigay stance.
A Rainbow in retirement
The Q receives the snap and proceeds to drop quickly, looking at receivers downfield, encouraging a heavy rush (the Q must remain calm during this rush).
"Smoke" the defense: screen passes for offensive success
Rush's former side are regarded as one of the powerhouses and glamour sides in New Zealand.
XAVIER: I'M NO SAVIOUR
Haithcock resented Rush's attempts to control the ward and to control her--she claimed he ordered her to fax him copies of her daily schedules--and they had a public falling out.
Being the Boss: Richard M. Daley runs a seemingly unstoppable political machine that's figured out how to win big support among Chicago's Black and Latino majority. But what has he done for them?
Aizlewood was manager Ian Rush's assistant at the Deva Stadium but there has been intense speculation over the pair's future for the last month.
Aizlewood shown door after Chester slump
These sarcastic words were penned by Benjamin Rush, then Physician General of the Continental Army's Middle [Medical] Department, to General Nathanael Greene in 1777.
Curing the Continental Army's IIIs: Declaration of Independence signer, noted physician, teacher, and political writer Benjamin Rush led the reform of many medical problems in the Continental Army