rushing

Syllables: rush·ing/ˈɹʌʃɪŋ/

rushing is the present participle and gerund of rush.

Adjective

rushing (comparative more rushing, superlative most rushing)

Rapidly flowing or surging.
(Canada, US, dated) Full of activity, busy.
- “I have been in Chicago.”
  “Yes, I’ll bet you have,” Bocage mused.
  “But it is too rushing for my nerves,” Stockbridge continued.1897, Opie Read, “The Greek God Barber”, in Odd Folks, New York: F. Tennyson Neely, page 45
- There are a few months in the winter when business on the farm is less rushing than during other times […]1917, Marion G. Kirkpatrick, chapter 13, in The Rural School from Within, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, page 141

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

(intransitive, transitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
- rush one's dinner; rush off an email response
(intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.
(intransitive) To dribble rapidly.
(intransitive, transitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
(transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
- Don't rush your client or he may withdraw.
(intransitive) To make a swift or sudden attack.

rushing (plural rushings)

A rapid surging motion.
- […] the impediment to the entrance of air into the corresponding portions of the lung is sufficient to produce a succession of interrupted rushings of that fluid during the efforts of respiration […]1841, Alexander Tweedie, William Wood Gerhard, A system of practical medicine

Rushing

What does rushing mean?: Rushing means a rapid surging motion.
What is rushing the present participle and gerund of?: Rushing is the present participle and gerund of rush.
What part of speech is rushing?: Rushing can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce rushing?: Rushing is pronounced /ˈɹʌʃɪŋ/.
What is the plural of rushing?: The plural of rushing is rushings.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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