Slump vs Rush - What's the difference?
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(lb) To collapse heavily or helplessly.
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*:“Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are'' pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling ''à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.”
(lb) To decline or fall off in activity or performance.
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 29, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
, title= (lb) To slouch or droop.
(lb) To lump; to throw together messily.
* (1788-1856)
To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, a bog, etc.
* (Isaac Barrow) (1630-1677)
A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.
(Scotland, UK, dialect) A boggy place.
(Scotland) The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place.
(Scotland) The gross amount; the mass; the lump.
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)
A sudden forward motion.
* Sir H. Wotton
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 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.
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.
To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.
* (Thomas Sprat) (1635–1730)
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-16, author=
, volume=189, issue=10, page=8, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= (label) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
* {{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)
, chapter=5, title= 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.
Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure.
Slump is a related term of rush.
As a verb slump
is (lb) to collapse heavily or helplessly.As a noun slump
is a heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.As a proper noun rush is
(computing) a dialect of the language.slump
English
Verb
Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal, passage=The Gunners captain demonstrated his importance to the team by taking his tally to an outstanding 28 goals in 27 Premier League games as Chelsea slumped again after their shock defeat at QPR last week.}}
- These different groupsare exclusively slumped together under that sense.
- The latter walk on a bottomless quag, into which unawares they may slump .
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* slumplikeAnagrams
* * ----rush
English
(wikipedia rush)Etymology 1
From (etyl) rusch, risch, from (etyl) rysc, risc, from (etyl) ).Noun
(rushes)- 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 gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush , severed him from the duke.
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.
- the center rush , whose place is in the center of the rush line
Derived terms
* adrenalin rush * bum's rush * rush goalie * rush hour * rush job * sugar rushVerb
(es)- Theynever think it to be a part of religion to rush into the office of princes and ministers.
John Vidal
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.}}
- Like to an entered tide, they all rush by.
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.}}
Synonyms
* See alsoAdjective
(-)- a rush job