I.
noun
1 sudden movement or emotion
ADJECTIVE
▪ headlong , sudden
▪ adrenalin , sugar
▪
Nothing can beat that adrenalin ~.
VERB + RUSH
▪ experience , feel
▪
She felt a ~ of blood to her face.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
The movie ended, and there was a ~ for the exits.
▪ ~ of
▪
A ~ of water came from the burst pipe.
▪
She experienced a sudden ~ of emotion.
2 busy period
ADJECTIVE
▪ awful , big , frantic , great , mad
▪ sudden
▪ last-minute
▪ Christmas , holiday ( esp. AmE )
▪ gold (= rush to find gold in a particular place)
VERB + RUSH
▪ avoid
▪
Do your Christmas shopping early and avoid the ~.
RUSH + NOUN
▪ decision
▪ job
▪
You can see that the painting was a ~ job.
▪ hour
▪
During ~ hour the drive may take up to twice as long.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a ~
▪
I've been in a mad ~ all day.
▪ ~ for
▪
a last-minute ~ for tickets
▪ ~ of
▪
a sudden ~ of tourist traffic
PHRASES
▪ have a ~ on
▪
We've had a ~ on at the office, dealing with the backlog of orders.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ headlong , madly
▪
a train ~ing headlong down the track
▪ quickly
▪ immediately
▪ suddenly
▪ downstairs , upstairs
▪ about ( esp. BrE ), around , back , forward , home , in , off , out , over , past
▪
She was ~ing around madly looking for her bag.
PREPOSITION
▪ along , from , into , out of , through , to , etc.
▪
A surge of joy ~ed through her body.
▪
He was ~ed to hospital.
PHRASES
▪ come ~ing , go ~ing
▪
Two men came ~ing into the room.
▪ ~ to sb's rescue , ~ to the rescue
▪
Whenever her little brother was upset, Jane ~ed to the rescue.
Rush is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ air , ↑ blood , ↑ colour , ↑ crowd , ↑ servant , ↑ shopper , ↑ train , ↑ water