bum-rush
bum-rush verb: to force one's way into; to crash.
Verb
bum-rush (third-person singular simple present bum-rushes, present participle bum-rushing, simple past and past participle bum-rushed)
- To force one's way into; to crash.
- To forcibly overpower a person.
- That gave them the opportunity to bum-rush [the gunman]2015 August 21, KGWhttp://www.kgw.com/story/news/local/2015/08/21/oregon-soldier-takes-down-gunman--french-train/32162823/
- It had what they call a safety space[…] He was trying to get into it, but he got bum rushed so fast that he didn't get into that.2026 January 3, Donald Trumphttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-reveals-venezuelas-maduro-captured-fortress-like-house-he-got-bum-rushed-so-fast
Forms of bum-rush
| third-person singular present | bum-rushes |
|---|---|
| present participle | bum-rushing |
| past participle | bum-rushed |
| past | bum-rushed |
| alternative form | bumrush |
| alternative form | bum rush |
| alternative form | bum's rush |
Origin of bum-rush
Usage occurred May 4th, 1939 in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake meaning rapidly rushing towards and crashing against ("... came at this timecoloured place where we live in our paroqial fermament one tide on another, with a bumrush in a hull of a wherry, the twin turbane dhow,").
Questions about bum-rush
- What does bum-rush mean?
- Bum-rush means to force one's way into; to crash.
- What part of speech is bum-rush?
- Bum-rush is a verb.
- What is the past tense of bum-rush?
- The past tense of bum-rush is bum-rushed.
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