rush


rush

noun \ˈrəsh\

Definition of RUSH

1
: a rapid and extensive wave of peristalsis along the walls of the intestine <peristaltic rush>
2
: the immediate pleasurable feeling produced by a drug (as heroin or amphetamine)—called also flash

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