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bumrush

bumrush is the alternative form of bum-rush.

Meaning of bum-rush

Verb

bum-rush (third-person singular simple present bum-rushes, present participle bum-rushing, simple past and past participle bum-rushed)

  1. (informal, transitive) To force one's way into; to crash.
  2. (informal, transitive) 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/

Forms of bumrush

third-person singular presentbumrushes
present participlebumrushing
past participlebumrushed
pastbumrushed
alternative formbum rush
alternative formbum-rush

Questions about bumrush

What is bumrush the alternative form of?
Bumrush is the alternative form of bum-rush.

Words near bumrush in the dictionary

  1. bumptiousness
  2. bumptiousnesses
  3. bumpy
  4. bumpy pavement
  5. bumpy pavements
  6. bumrush
  7. bumrushed
  8. bumrushes
  9. bumrushing
  10. bums
  11. bums around

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