jet vs rush

jet

verb
  • To move (running, walking etc.) rapidly around 

  • To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out. 

  • To travel on a jet aircraft or otherwise by jet propulsion 

  • To leave; depart. 

  • To spray with liquid from a container. 

  • To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken. 

  • To spray out of a container. 

  • To adjust the fuel to air ratio of a carburetor; to install or adjust a carburetor jet 

  • To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude. 

adj
  • Propelled by turbine engines. 

  • Very dark black in colour. 

noun
  • A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc. 

  • A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellers. 

  • A turbine. 

  • The colour of jet coal, deep grey. 

  • A rocket engine. 

  • A hard, black form of coal, sometimes used in jewellery. 

  • A part of a carburetor that controls the amount of fuel mixed with the air. 

  • A narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon. 

  • A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid. 

rush

verb
  • To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily. 

  • To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play. 

  • To swiftly attack without warning. 

  • To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing. 

  • To dribble rapidly. 

  • To hurry; to perform a task with great haste. 

  • To make a swift or sudden attack. 

  • To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn. 

  • To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process. 

  • To cause to move or act with unusual haste. 

  • To transport or carry quickly. 

  • To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units. 

noun
  • The merest trifle; a straw. 

  • A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush. 

  • The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc. 

  • A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities. 

  • A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn. 

  • The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play. 

  • General haste. 

  • A sudden attack; an onslaught. 

  • A surge. 

  • Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water. 

  • A sudden forward motion. 

  • A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant. 

  • A wick. 

  • The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities. 

  • A rapid, noisy flow. 

adj
  • Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure. 

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