rush

A sudden forward motion.

A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush, severed him from the duke.

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 captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.

A surge.

A rush of business can be difficult to handle effectively for its unexpected volume.

General haste.

Many errors were made in the rush to finish.

Diane makes an announcement to the patient passengers on the quarter-full train. There is no sense of rush - time really does move more slowly in the Highlands. The passengers, nearly all tourists, don't seem in the slightest bothered.

A rapid, noisy flow.

a rush of water; a rush of footsteps

A sudden attack; an onslaught.

To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.

rush one's dinner; rush off an email response

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.

To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.

armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.

For with ſuch puiſſance and impetuous maine / Thoſe Champions broke on them, that forſt the fly, / Like ſcattered Sheepe, whenas the Shepherds ſwaine / A Lyon and a Tigre doth eſpye, / With greedy pace forth ruſhing from the foreſt nye.

To dribble rapidly.

To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.

To cause to move or act with unusual haste.

Don't rush your client or he may withdraw.

Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure, especially if therefore done badly.

a rush job