a name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of juncus and scirpus.-the merest trifle; a straw.-to move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.-to enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation.-to push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward.-to recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.-a moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush of water.-great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business.-a perfect recitation.-a rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush.-the act of running with the ball.