rush

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun Any of various grasslike wetland plants of the genus Juncus, having stiff hollow or pithy stems and small usually clustered brownish flowers.
• noun Any of various similar plants, such as a bulrush.
• noun The stem of one of these plants, used in making baskets, mats, and chair seats.
• intransitive verb To move swiftly; hurry.
• intransitive verb To act with great haste.
• intransitive verb To make a sudden or swift attack or charge.
• intransitive verb To flow or surge rapidly, often with noise.
• intransitive verb Football To advance the ball or attempt to advance the ball from scrimmage by carrying it rather than passing.
• intransitive verb To cause to move rapidly.
• intransitive verb To cause to act with haste.
• intransitive verb To perform with great haste.
• intransitive verb To attack swiftly and suddenly.
• intransitive verb To transport or carry hastily.
• intransitive verb To entertain or pay great attention to.
• intransitive verb Football To run toward (a passer or kicker) in order to block or disrupt a play.
• noun A sudden movement toward something.
• noun An anxious and eager movement to get to or from a place.
• noun A sudden widespread demand.
• noun General haste or busyness.
• noun A sudden attack; an onslaught.
• noun A rapid, often noisy flow or passage.
• noun A large or overwhelming number or amount.
• noun An attempt to advance the ball from scrimmage by carrying it.
• noun An act of running at a passer or kicker in order to block or prevent a play.
• noun Sports A rapid advance of the puck toward the opponent's goal in ice hockey.
• noun The first, unedited print of a movie scene.
• noun A drive by a Greek society on a college campus to recruit new members.
• noun A surge or release of emotion: synonym: flow.
• noun A sudden, brief exhilaration.
• noun The intensely pleasurable sensation experienced immediately after use of a stimulant or a mind-altering drug.
• adjective Performed with or requiring great haste or urgency.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun Any plant belonging to the order Juncaceæ, especially a plant of the genus Juncus; also extended to some sedges (Carex), horsetails (Equisetum), and a few other plants.
• noun A wick. Compare rush-candle.
• noun Figuratively, anything weak, worthless, or of trivial value; the merest trifle; a straw.
• noun A small patch of underwood. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.]
• noun The lemon-grass or ginger-grass, Andropogon Schœnanthus.
• noun (See nut-rush, scouring-rush, and wood-rush.)
• To gather rushes.
• To move or drive forward with impetuosity, violence, or tumultuous rapidity.
• To move or act with undue eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; hurry: as, to rush into business or politics.
• In foot-ball, to fill the position of a rusher.
• To take part in a college rush. See rush, n., 5.
• To cause to rush; cause to go swiftly or violently; drive or thrust furiously; hence, to force impetuously or hastily; hurry; overturn.
• Specifically In foot-ball, to force by main strength toward the goal of one's opponents: said of the ball.
• To secure by rushing.
• To cause to hasten; especially, to urge to undue haste; drive; push.