gold rush

noun

1

: a rush to newly discovered goldfields in pursuit of riches

2

: the headlong pursuit of sudden wealth in a new or lucrative field

gold rusher

-ˈrə-shər 

noun

Examples of gold rush in a Sentence

the California gold rush of 1849

Recent Examples on the Web

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Having joined Netflix in 2018, Howe boarded the video streaming giant as the Peak TV era got underway with overall deals with Ryan Murphy and Shondaland amid a gold rush for content creators and streamers. —Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for gold rush

• airbrush
• hairbrush
• inrush
• onrush
• paintbrush
• sagebrush
• blush
• brush
• crush
• flush
• gush
• hush