Rush
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Rush may refer to any of the following:
- In general it implies something that happens hurriedly or hastily, or an activity entailing unusually rapid flow of people or things at quantity (see Wiktionary: Rush).
- Rush is a Canadian rock band, and their self-titled album, Rush.
- Rushing in American football.
- In botany it is a semiaquatic grass-like plant of the family Juncaceae.
- Also called an adrenaline rush, it is an energetic and slighly euphoric feeling that occurs when something scary or dangerous happens. Recreational drugs can bring on or intensify this kind of rush.
- The Chicago Rush is an Arena Football League team.
- In fraternities and sororities it is a regulated period of new member recruitment. Sometimes the regulated period is termed formal rush and the general term extended to the overall process or concept of new member recruitment. The term is also used to refer to the "orientation" period at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where freshmen choose their dormitory (and until the fallout from Scott Krueger's death, they could choose a fraternity or sorority).
- In music, it means to play faster than the indicated tempo. Rushing is usually accidental and undesirable.
- In real-time strategy computer games, a rush is a fast attack at the beginning of a game.
- In poker, a winning streak usually characterized by a sequence of unusually lucky cards.
- Rush is the title of two movies, both about drugs:
- 1991 American film, director Lili Fini Zanuck, with Jason Patric, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gregg Allman (crime genre, some music by Eric Clapton)
- 1983 Italian film, director Anthony Richmond, with Conrad Nichols, Laura Trotter, Gordon Mitchell (Science Fiction)
- The song "Rush" by Big Audio Dynamite II.
- Rush is a robotic dog in the Mega Man series.
- The nickname of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois.
People
- Rush Limbaugh, an American talk show host
- Rush D. Holt, Sr., a U.S. Senator from West Virginia
- Rush D. Holt, Jr., a U.S. Representative from New Jersey
- Dr. Benjamin Rush, a founding father of the United States
- Bobby Rush, a U.S. Representative from Illinois
- Bobby Rush, an American musician
- Geoffrey Rush, an Australian actor
- Ian Rush, a Welsh footballer
- Jennifer Rush, an American singer
- Kareem Rush, a basketball player for the Charlotte Bobcats
- Otis Rush, an American musician
- Richard Rush, an American statesman and son of Dr. Benjamin Rush
- William Rush, an American sculptor
Places
- Rush is a town in Monroe County, New York.
- Rush is a small seaside town in North Dublin, Ireland
Rush River is the name of several rivers in the United States: