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adrenaline rush

adrenaline rush noun: a surge of strength and energy brought on by a dangerous situation, by, or as if by, adrenaline.

Noun

adrenaline rush (plural adrenaline rushes)

  1. A surge of strength and energy brought on by a dangerous situation, by, or as if by, adrenaline.
  2. (figuratively, idiomatic) An event or activity which causes such a state.
    • Blackpool continue to thrive on the adrenaline rush of the end-of-season shoot-out and are heading for a second Wembley date in two years after negotiating a nervy path past Birmingham.2012 May 9, John Percy, “Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report”, in the Telegraph

Forms of adrenaline rush

pluraladrenaline rushes

Questions about adrenaline rush

What does adrenaline rush mean?
Adrenaline rush means a surge of strength and energy brought on by a dangerous situation, by, or as if by, adrenaline.
What part of speech is adrenaline rush?
Adrenaline rush is a noun.
What is the plural of adrenaline rush?
The plural of adrenaline rush is adrenaline rushes.

Words near adrenaline rush in the dictionary

  1. adrenalin rush
  2. adrenalin rushes
  3. adrenaline
  4. adrenaline junkie
  5. adrenaline junkies
  6. adrenaline rush
  7. adrenaline rushes
  8. adrenaline sport
  9. adrenaline sports
  10. adrenalined
  11. adrenalinergic

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