What part of speech is rushing?

Rushing can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. rushing is a verb, gerund of rush (infinitive).
  • 2. rushing is a noun, singular of rushings.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does rushing mean?

Definitions

Verb

rush - move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"
rush - act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!"
rush - urge to an unnatural speed; "Don't rush me, please!"
rush - run with the ball, in football
rush - attack suddenly
rush - cause to move fast or to rush or race; "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze"
rush - cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"

Noun

rushing - the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book"
rushing - (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line; "the linebackers were ready to stop a rush"

Examples of rushing

#   Sentence  
1. verb Be more careful. Rushing through things is going to ruin your work.
2. verb More and more people are rushing to make use of the interactive nature of the medium.
3. verb The alarm sent everyone rushing out of the room.
4. verb Don't get so irritated. Rushing things will cost you more time in the end.
5. verb Bored waiting or rushing off at full speed.
6. verb On weekdays, shopping streets swarm with people hurrying and rushing along.
7. verb Are you rushing to finish the project?
8. verb A truck was rushing along the road.
9. verb The children were rushing about.
10. verb He came rushing down the stairs.
11. verb He was pressed for time, so he only skimmed through the morning paper before rushing out the door.
12. verb Today the civilized world is opening its borders for the sake of international cooperation, and only Russia is "subjugating" new lands and peoples. The largest country in the world is rushing headlong into the Middle Ages.
13. verb I don't see any reason for rushing.
14. verb Where are you rushing off to?
15. verb When the electricity went off everyone was rushing about in a state of confusion.
16. noun The linebackers were ready to stop a rush.
17. noun Come back after the rush.
18. noun He got a quick rush from injecting heroin.
19. noun Women who, at first glance, appear to be completely ordinary also don't seem to be in that much of a rush to get married.
20. noun During the rush hours we find it difficult to get a taxi around here.
21. noun There ought to be more buses during the rush hours.
22. noun Going to school during the rush hour is tiring and unpleasant.
23. noun I was caught in the rush hour.
24. noun It's horrible to get caught in rush hour traffic.
25. noun You'd not have been in the rush hour if you had left home earlier.
26. noun It's almost rush hour.
27. noun After examining the bear at leisure, I made a rush on him.
28. noun The station is almost empty during what would normally be the afternoon rush.
29. noun If we don't hit the road soon, we'll get caught in the morning rush hour traffic.
30. noun All right! Everybody around me is so encouraging I'm getting a rush of motivation.
31. adj. A rush job.
Sentence  
verb
Be more careful. Rushing through things is going to ruin your work.
More and more people are rushing to make use of the interactive nature of the medium.
The alarm sent everyone rushing out of the room.
Don't get so irritated. Rushing things will cost you more time in the end.
Bored waiting or rushing off at full speed.
On weekdays, shopping streets swarm with people hurrying and rushing along.
Are you rushing to finish the project?
A truck was rushing along the road.
The children were rushing about.
He came rushing down the stairs.
He was pressed for time, so he only skimmed through the morning paper before rushing out the door.
Today the civilized world is opening its borders for the sake of international cooperation, and only Russia is "subjugating" new lands and peoples. The largest country in the world is rushing headlong into the Middle Ages.
I don't see any reason for rushing.
Where are you rushing off to?
When the electricity went off everyone was rushing about in a state of confusion.
noun
The linebackers were ready to stop a rush.
Come back after the rush.
He got a quick rush from injecting heroin.
Women who, at first glance, appear to be completely ordinary also don't seem to be in that much of a rush to get married.
During the rush hours we find it difficult to get a taxi around here.
There ought to be more buses during the rush hours.
Going to school during the rush hour is tiring and unpleasant.
I was caught in the rush hour.
It's horrible to get caught in rush hour traffic.
You'd not have been in the rush hour if you had left home earlier.
It's almost rush hour.
After examining the bear at leisure, I made a rush on him.
The station is almost empty during what would normally be the afternoon rush.
If we don't hit the road soon, we'll get caught in the morning rush hour traffic.
All right! Everybody around me is so encouraging I'm getting a rush of motivation.
adj.
A rush job.

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