different between rush vs expedition
rush
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???/
- Homophone: Rush
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Middle English risshe, rusch, risch, from Old English rysc, risc, from Proto-West Germanic *ruskij?, borrowed from Latin r?scum (“butcher's broom”) + *-j? (animal and plant suffix). Cognates include West Frisian risk, Dutch rus (“bulrush”), Norwegian Bokmål rusk, dialectal Norwegian ryskje (“hair-grass”).
Noun
rush (plural rushes)
- Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
- The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
- The merest trifle; a straw.
- 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull
- John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush.
- 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull
- A wick.
Synonyms
- (plant of the genus Juncus): juncus
Translations
Etymology 2
Perhaps from Middle English ruschen, russchen (“to rush, startle, make a loud rushing noise”), from Old English hrys?an (“to jolt, startle”), from Proto-Germanic *hurskijan? (“to startle, drive”), from *hurskaz (“fast, rapid, quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *?ers- (“to run, hurry”).
Cognate with Old High German hurscan (“to speed, accelerate”), Old English horsc (“quick, quick-witted, clever”).
Noun
rush (plural rushes)
- A sudden forward motion.
- 1642, Henry Wotton, A Short View of the Life and Death of George Villiers
- A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush, severed him from the duke.
- 1642, Henry Wotton, A Short View of the Life and Death of George Villiers
- A surge.
- General haste.
- A rapid, noisy flow.
- (military) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
- (video games) The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
- Synonym: zerg
- (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
- (American football, dated) 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 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
Translations
Verb
rush (third-person singular simple present rushes, present participle rushing, simple past and past participle rushed)
- (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.
- c. 1683, Robert West, The further Exmaination of Robert West of the Middle-Temple, Barrister at Law
- A party of men […] shoud be ready to rush out; and upon the noise of the first shot immediately run down to the Gate and break in.
- c. 1683, Robert West, The further Exmaination of Robert West of the Middle-Temple, Barrister at Law
- (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.
- (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
- (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
- (intransitive, military) To make a swift or sudden attack.
- (military) To swiftly attack without warning.
- (video games, slang, transitive) To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
- Synonym: zerg
- (transitive or intransitive, US, college) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority; to undergo hazing or initiation in order to join a fraternity or sorority.
- (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
- (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
- (US, slang, dated) To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:rush (hurry)
Derived terms
- downrush
- rushing
Translations
Adjective
rush (not comparable)
- Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure.
Usage notes
Used only before a noun.
See also
- rushes
Further reading
- Juncaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Rush_(football) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Hurs, RHUs, Suhr
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English rush
Noun
rush n (definite singular rushet, indefinite plural rush, definite plural rusha or rushene)
- a rush (Etymology 2)
Derived terms
- gullrush
- rushtid
References
- “rush” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “rush” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English rush
Noun
rush n (definite singular rushet, indefinite plural rush, definite plural rusha)
- a rush (Etymology 2)
Derived terms
- gullrush
- rushtid
References
- “rush” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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expedition
English
Etymology
From Middle French expédition, and its source, Latin expeditio
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?ksp??d???n/
- Rhymes: -???n
Noun
expedition (countable and uncountable, plural expeditions)
- (obsolete) The act of expediting something; prompt execution.
- A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory.
- (now rare) The quality of being expedite; speed, quickness.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe:
- one of them began to come nearer our boat than at first I expected; but I lay ready for him, for I had loaded my gun with all possible expedition […] .
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 331:
- he presently exerted his utmost agility, and with surprizing expedition ascended the hill.
- 1979, John Le Carré, Smiley's People, Folio Society 2010, p. 33:
- The photographer had photographed, the doctor had certified life extinct, the pathologist had inspected the body in situ as a prelude to conducting his autopsy – all with an expedition quite contrary to the proper pace of things, merely in order to clear the way for the visiting irregular, as the Deputy Assistant Commissioner (Crime and Ops) had liked to call him.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe:
- (military) An important or long journey, for example a march or a voyage
- A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose
- (collective) The group of people making such excursion.
Related terms
Translations
Verb
expedition (third-person singular simple present expeditions, present participle expeditioning, simple past and past participle expeditioned)
- (intransitive) To take part in a trip or expedition; to travel.
- 1950, Sewage and Industrial Wastes Engineering (volume 21, page 588)
- The attendance was given color by the ISO women who graced some of the sessions, attended the social events and expeditioned around the famous spots in Washington and its periphery area.
- 1998, Greg Child, Thin Air: Encounters in the Himalayas (page 185)
- I feel uprooted from the vital connections to Salley, to home, stranded with only the mountain and my fellow madmen as company. These thoughts appear like a mirage, a hallucination, a symptom of the schizophrenia of expeditioning.
- 1950, Sewage and Industrial Wastes Engineering (volume 21, page 588)
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “expedition”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
expedition c
- an expedition, a journey, a mission
- an office
Declension
Related terms
- expeditionschef
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