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onrushing

onrushing adjective: rushing or flowing forward. Also the present participle and gerund of onrush.

Adjective

onrushing (comparative more onrushing, superlative most onrushing)

  1. rushing or flowing forward
    • The Spaniard was forced off his line to clear from the onrushing John Sutton before a full-stretch save to keep an Arvydas Novikovas effort from finding the top corner from 25 yards.2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport
    Synonyms:
    fluent
  2. (figuratively) attacking

Also used as

onrushing is also the present participle and gerund of onrush.

Synonyms of onrushing

Forms of onrushing

comparativemore onrushing
superlativemost onrushing

Origin of onrushing

From on- + rushing.

Questions about onrushing

What does onrushing mean?
Onrushing means rushing or flowing forward.
What part of speech is onrushing?
Onrushing is an adjective.

Words near onrushing in the dictionary

  1. onreg'lar
  2. onroad
  3. onrush
  4. onrushed
  5. onrushes
  6. onrushing
  7. onry
  8. ons
  9. Onsagerian
  10. Onsagerism
  11. Onsagerist

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