Meaning

noun the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

noun a sudden forceful flow

noun grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems

originPerhaps from Middle English ruschen, russchen (“to rush, startle, make a loud rushing noise”), from Old English hrysċan (“to jolt, startle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hurskijan, from Proto-Germanic *hurskijaną (“to startle, drive”), from *hurskaz (“fast, rapid, quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run, hurry”). Cognate with Old High German hursken (“to hurry, speed, incite,…

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