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Tinel, Jules (medicine) and rush(2) (iou)


Tinel, Jules (medicine)


Tinel, Jules
<person> French neurologist, 1879-1952.

See: Tinel's sign.


rush(2) (iou)



rush noun2 & adjective. LME.
[from RUSH verb2.]
A. noun.
The action or an act of rushing; esp. an unusual or excessive amount of activity, the movement of large numbers of people or things (freq. with specifying word); gen. haste, urgency. LME.
D. Cusack If people did their work properly there wouldn't be any last-minute rush. Evening Post (Nottingham) Providing his registration forms are not held up in the Christmas postal rush! J. Scott The lunch-time rush for snackbar sandwiches.
A sound or sensation (as) of rushing; a thrill of fear, pleasure, etc.; slang a drug-induced euphoria. LME.
Rupert He hears a rush of wings..as a great eagle swoops down. I. Murdoch Franca, looking at him, felt the old familiar rush of feeling.
Dysentery in cattle. Chiefly dial. L18.
a. Rugby & Amer. Football. An attempt by one or more players to force the ball through a line of defenders. M19.
b. A contest of strength between first- and second-year university students. US. obsolete exc. Hist. M19.
c. A round of social events organized for prospective new members by a fraternity or sorority. US. L19.
a. A sudden large migration of people, esp. to a new goldfield; the destination of such a migration. Freq. in gold-rush. M19.
b. A migratory flock or flight of birds. L19.
c. A stampede of horses or cattle. Austral. L19.
A sudden strong demand for a commodity. Foll. by for, on. M19.
Cinematography, in pl. The first prints of a Film after a period of shooting; the preliminary showing of such a Film. E20.
Phrases: all in a rush, in a rush in a hurry, rapidly, briskly. get a rush US colloq. (of a person, esp. a woman) receive frequent attentions from another. give a person a rush US colloq. lavish attention on a person. in a rush: see all in a rush above. the bum's rush: see BUM noun2 1. with a rush with a sudden and rapid onset.
Comb.: rush hour noun & adjective (of or pertaining to) a period of the day when the movement of people or esp. traffic is at its heaviest; rush line Amer. Football a defensive line of players; rush-release noun & verb (a) noun the action of releasing a record etc. in the shortest possible time; a record etc. so released; (b) verb trans. release (a record etc.) in this way.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Characterized by rushing; involving the movement of large numbers of people or things; done with or necessitating haste or urgency. L19.
rush election, rush job, rush order, rush work, etc.
rushy adjective2 (rare) quick, hurried, rushed E20.