n. 25B6; verb
she rushed home : HURRY, dash, run, race, sprint, bolt, dart, gallop, career, charge, shoot, hurtle, hare, fly, speed, zoom, scurry, scuttle, scamper, hasten; informal tear, belt, pelt, scoot, zip, whip, hotfoot it, leg it; Brit. informal bomb; N. Amer. informal hightail it.
water rushed along gutters : FLOW, pour, gush, surge, stream, cascade, run, course.
the tax was rushed through parliament : PUSH, hurry, hasten, speed, hustle, press, force.
they rushed the cordon of troops : ATTACK, charge, run at, assail, storm.
25B6; noun
Tim made a rush for the exit : DASH, run, sprint, dart, bolt, charge, scramble, break.
the lunchtime rush : HUSTLE AND BUSTLE, commotion, hubbub, hurly-burly, stir.
a last minute rush for flights : DEMAND, clamour, call, request; run on.
he was in no rush to leave : HURRY, haste, urgency.
a rush of adrenalin : SURGE, flow, flood, spurt, stream; dart, thrill, flash.
a rush of cold air : GUST, draught, flurry.
I made a sudden rush at him : CHARGE, onslaught, attack, assault, onrush.
25B6; adjective a rush job : URGENT, high-priority, emergency; hurried, hasty, fast, quick, swift; N. Amer. informal hurry-up.