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

The first is that miners abandoned some donkeys in the region during the gold rush; the second is that a group of ranchers drove over a population of burros from Death Valley in the 1950s. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

In 2015, the award’s name was changed from Miniseries or TV Movie to Limited or Anthology Series, in part to address the gold rush for anthology-style shows like American Horror Story, True Detective, and Fargo. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026

The success of the Vegas Golden Knights since the franchise’s 2017 founding triggered an expansion gold rush in the NHL. — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

And many of the restaurants that materialized during the gold rush have struggled. — Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 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