Synonyms for rushed
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ruhsh |
| Phonetic Transcription : rʌʃ |
Définition of rushed
Origin :- mid-14c. (implied in rushing), "to drive back or down," from Anglo-French russher, from Old French ruser "to dodge, repel" (see ruse). Meaning "to do something quickly" is from 1650s; transitive sense of "to hurry up (someone or something)" is from 1850. U.S. Football sense originally was in rugby (1857).
- Fraternity/sorority sense is from 1896 (originally it was what the fraternity did to the student); from 1899 as a noun in this sense. Earlier it was a name on U.S. campuses for various tests of strength or athletic skill between freshmen and sophomores as classes (1860).
- adj hurried
- Robert hurried home, and rushed into the kitchen where his mother was at work.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- The Greeks rushed to the rescue, while all Europe held aloof.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- If we're rushed, and have to make a quick get-away, see that Mary has the first chance.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- They ran the herds into a piskunebelow a bluff, over which they rushed and were killed.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- Linda rushed into the house and carried her belongings to her workroom.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- Then two at a time she rushed the stairs in a race for her room.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- Linda rushed to the boulder and knelt again, but she could get no response to her questions.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- Cyrus opened his weak mouth to ask an explanation, but Gussie rushed in.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- I murmured, and turning once more from her, rushed away like one crazed into the wood.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- On I rushed with the rest, hatless, and as in a cloud of fury.
- Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
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