How to pronounce rush
American English pronunciation
RUHSH
- IPA
- /ˈɹʌʃ/
- Syllables
- RUHSH (1 syllable)
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What rush means
Most people know rush in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A grasslike plant with hollow stems that grows in wet ground
In a sentence: Tall rushes grew along the edge of the pond, and frogs hid among their stems.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Old English rysc, from very old roots, one of them meaning to weave. It is a different word from rush meaning to hurry.
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