rushing
noun
rush·ing ˈrə-shiŋ 
: the act of advancing a football by running plays : the use of running plays
also : yardage gained by running plays
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Theodore’s defense deserves a pat on the back, too, as in addition to Bendolph’s scoop and score, the Bobcats held BCHS to minus-3 net rushing yards. 
Arthur L. Mack, al, 9 Sep. 2022 Junior running back Pat Garwo led the Eagles with 1,045 net rushing yards, but the team had one of the worst passing offenses in the FBS last year. Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2022 In two seasons for the Longhorns, Robinson is averaging 6.5 yards per carry with 15 rushing touchdowns. Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 29 June 2022 His eight rushing touchdowns were the most by any receiver in a single season in the history of the NFL. Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2022 All-Pro, a single-season rushing record for a QB, and most wins by a QB before turning 25. Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 21 July 2022 Western Michigan's Sean Tyler is also one of the MAC's top rushing. Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 20 July 2022 Fonoti, who played guard from 1999-2001 and went on to a five-year NFL career, helped lead the Huskers to two national rushing titles and was a finalist for the Outland Trophy as a senior. Fox News, 11 July 2022 Here's a look: Will Jonathan Taylor set the NFL rushing record? Nat Newell, The Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2022 See More
Arthur L. Mack, al, 9 Sep. 2022 Junior running back Pat Garwo led the Eagles with 1,045 net rushing yards, but the team had one of the worst passing offenses in the FBS last year. Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2022 In two seasons for the Longhorns, Robinson is averaging 6.5 yards per carry with 15 rushing touchdowns. Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 29 June 2022 His eight rushing touchdowns were the most by any receiver in a single season in the history of the NFL. Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2022 All-Pro, a single-season rushing record for a QB, and most wins by a QB before turning 25. Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 21 July 2022 Western Michigan's Sean Tyler is also one of the MAC's top rushing. Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 20 July 2022 Fonoti, who played guard from 1999-2001 and went on to a five-year NFL career, helped lead the Huskers to two national rushing titles and was a finalist for the Outland Trophy as a senior. Fox News, 11 July 2022 Here's a look: Will Jonathan Taylor set the NFL rushing record? Nat Newell, The Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1882, in the meaning defined above
rushing 1 of 2
adjective
as in hurrying
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- hurrying
- running
- scurrying
- flying
- speeding
- racing
- barreling
- rapid
- whirling
- zipping
- swift
- bolting
- careering
- hasty
- lightning
- rocketing
- whisking
- whirlwind
- breakneck
- scudding
- scooting
- speedy
- fleet
- breathless
- rushed
- ready
- brisk
- quick
- expeditious
- dizzy
- prompt
- hurried
- hastened
- meteoric
- accelerated
- fast
- warp-speed
- quickened
- snappy
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- dragging
- creeping
- slow
- crawling
- lagging
- leisurely
- tardy
- sluggish
- poking
- unhurried
- dilatory
- dillydallying
- dallying
- languid
- dawdling
- deliberate
- pokey
- laggard
- poky
- measured
- snail-paced
- snaillike
- lethargic
- lounging
- inactive
- inert
- loafing
rushing
2 of 2verb
1
as in accelerating
to cause to move or proceed fast or faster I wouldn't make so many mistakes if you'd stop rushing me Synonyms & Similar Words
- accelerating
- hurrying
- pushing
- urging
- hastening
- encouraging
- quickening
- bundling
- whisking
- driving
- fast-tracking
- racing
- facilitating
- spurring
- propelling
- stirring
- prodding
- speeding (up)
- goading
- expediting
- aiding
- dispatching
- easing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- delaying
- decelerating
- braking
- retarding
- impeding
- restraining
- slowing (down)
- hindering
- hampering
- stopping
- checking
- hobbling
- interfering (with)
- staying
- holding back
- encumbering
- stalling
- tying up
- holding up
- arresting
- stilling
- reining (in)
- trammelling
- manacling
- shackling
- fettering
- tieing up
- trammeling
2
as in pouring
to flow out in great quantities or with force in the spring the stream's rushing waters make crossing treacherous Synonyms & Similar Words
- pouring
- gushing
- rolling
- streaming
- splashing
- running
- spurting
- spewing
- spouting
- squirting
- swooshing
- flooding
- jetting
- issuing
- washing
- surging
- flushing
- drowning
- cascading
- inundating
- sloshing
- swamping
- overflowing
- swelling
- overwhelming
- submerging
- engulfing
- sluicing
- plashing
- deluging
- fountaining
- submersing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- dropping
- trickling
- dripping
- dribbling
- bleeding
- straining
- seeping
- leaking
- sprinkling
- weeping
- oozing
- percolating
- spattering
- exuding
3
as in scurrying
to proceed or move quickly rushing is a good way to slip and fall Synonyms & Similar Words
- hurrying
- scurrying
- speeding
- racing
- flying
- traveling
- driving
- trotting
- zipping
- jumping
- chasing
- running
- travelling
- buzzing
- darting
- stepping
- blowing
- dashing
- scooting
- blasting
- scuttling
- tearing
- ripping
- whirling
- hustling
- bolting
- barreling
- ramming
- zooming
- hastening
- shooting
- blazing
- hurtling
- bowling
- rustling
- jogging
- careering
- haring
- hurling
- breezing
- careening
- bustling
- rocketing
- hying
- bundling
- whisking
- coursing
- motoring
- pelting
- galloping
- nipping
- jetting
- barrelling
- humping
- belting
- cannonballing
- bombing
- highballing
- scampering
- beating it
- hieing
- flitting
- stampeding
- sprinting
- whizzing
- scuffling
- making tracks
- accelerating
- shaking a leg
- stepping on it
- getting a move on
- scudding
- streaking
- cracking (on)
- hotfooting (it)
- beetling
- overtaking
- outrunning
- quickening
- outpacing
- outstripping
- stepping out
- arrowing
- beelining
- catching up
- fast-forwarding
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- creeping
- dragging
- crawling
- poking
- lingering
- lagging
- dawdling
- shuffling
- poking
- hanging (around or out)
- strolling
- ambling
- sauntering
- loitering
- plodding
- tarrying
- lumbering
- dallying
- decelerating
- dillydallying
- slowing (down or up)
4
as in attacking
to take sudden, violent action against one goat suddenly rushed the other and knocked it down Synonyms & Similar Words
- attacking
- storming
- assaulting
- raiding
- ambushing
- striking
- charging
- robbing
- swarming
- assailing
- invading
- trashing
- flying at
- sicking
- besetting
- bushwhacking
- tearing into
- setting on
- setting at
- setting upon
- blitzing
- going at
- pitching into
- rounding on
- siccing
- bombarding
- waylaying
- sacking
- surprising
- lighting into
- beating up on
- besieging
- bombing
- barraging
- descending (on or upon)
- flanking
- mobbing
- bum-rushing
- jumping (on)
- mugging
- turning (on)
- plundering
- pouncing (on or upon)
- ravaging
- going in (on)
- battering
- looting
- cannoning
- harrying
- overrunning
- pillaging
- nuking
- ambuscading
- buffeting
- enveloping
- cannonading
- pressing
- beleaguering
- plastering
- foraying
- surprizing
- ganging up (on)
- banging away (at)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- protecting
- defending
- securing
- covering
- guarding
- shielding
- muddled
- muddled along
- muddled through
- muddledness
- muddledom
- muddlehead
- muddleheaded
- muddleheadedly
- muddleheadedness
- muddleheadednesses
- muddleheads
- muddlement
- muddler
- muddlers
- muddles
- muddles along
- muddles through
- muddling
- muddling along
- muddling through
- muddlingly
- muddly
- muddy
- muddy the waters
- muddy-mettled