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rush | flit |

As a proper noun rush

is (computing) a dialect of the language.

As a noun flit is

a fluttering or darting movement.

As a verb flit is

to move about rapidly and nimbly.

As an adjective flit is

(poetic|obsolete) fast, nimble.

rush

English

(wikipedia rush)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) rusch, risch, from (etyl) rysc, risc, from (etyl) ).

Noun

(rushes)
  • Any of several stiff aquatic or marsh plants of the genus Juncus , having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers.
  • The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
  • The merest trifle; a straw.
  • * (rfdate) (Arbuthnot)
    • John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush .

    Etymology 2

    Perhaps from (etyl) ruschen, . More at (l). (etymology note) An alternative etymology traces rush'' via (etyl) . Alternatively, according to the OED, perhaps an adaptation of (etyl) russher, , although connection to the same (etyl) root is also possible. More at ''rouse .

    Noun

    (rushes)
  • A sudden forward motion.
  • * Sir H. Wotton
    • A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush , severed him from the duke.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. 
  • A surge.
  • General haste.
  • A rapid, noisy flow.
  • (military) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
  • (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
  • A rusher; a lineman.
    • the center rush , whose place is in the center of the rush line
  • A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
  • (US, figuratively) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities]] and [[sorority, sororities.
  • (US, dated, college slang) A perfect recitation.
  • (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
    • Derived terms
    * adrenalin rush * bum's rush * rush goalie * rush hour * rush job * sugar rush

    Verb

    (es)
  • To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.
  • * (Thomas Sprat) (1635–1730)
    • Theynever think it to be a part of religion to rush into the office of princes and ministers.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-16, author= John Vidal
    • , volume=189, issue=10, page=8, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas , passage=Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys.}}
  • (label) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
    • Like to an entered tide, they all rush by.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)
    • , chapter=5, title= The Lonely Pyramid , passage=The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.}}
  • To dribble rapidly.
  • To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
  • (label) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
  • To make a swift or sudden attack.
  • (label) To swiftly attach to without warning.
  • (label) To transport or carry quickly.
  • To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
  • To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
    • Synonyms
    * See also

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure.
    • a rush job
    Usage notes
    Used only before a noun.

    See also

    * rushes * * * English ergative verbs English terms with multiple etymologies 1000 English basic words

    flit

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fluttering or darting movement.
  • (physics) A particular, unexpected, short lived change of state.
    • My computer just had a flit .
  • (slang) A homosexual.

    • Verb

  • To move about rapidly and nimbly.
  • * Tennyson
    • A shadow flits before me.
  • * 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 6
    • There were many apes with faces similar to his own, and further over in the book he found, under "M," some little monkeys such as he saw daily flitting through the trees of his primeval forest. But nowhere was pictured any of his own people; in all the book was none that resembled Kerchak, or Tublat, or Kala.
  • To move quickly from one location to another.
  • * Hooker
    • It became a received opinion, that the souls of men, departing this life, did flit out of one body into some other.
  • (physics) To unpredictably change state for short periods of time.
    • My blender flits because the power cord is damaged.
  • (UK, Scotland, dialect) To move house (sometimes a sudden move to avoid debts).
    • (Wright)
    (Jamieson)
  • * 1855 , , page 199 (ISBN 0679405518)
    • After this manner did the late Warden of Barchester Hospital accomplish his flitting , and change his residence.
  • To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
  • * Dryden
    • the free soul to flitting air resigned

    Related terms

    * dart * dash * flirt * lunge

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (poetic, obsolete) Fast, nimble.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.iv:
    • And in his hand two darts exceeding flit , / And deadly sharpe he held [...].

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