Rush

Rush or rushes may refer to:

Common meanings

• Rushes, grass-like plants in the Juncaceae family
• Sweet rush, Acorus calamus, an aromatic grass-like plant unrelated to the Juncaceae
• Rush (psychology), an acute transcendent state of euphoria

Places

United States

• Rush, Colorado
• Rush, Kentucky
• Rush, New York
• Rush, Ohio
• Rush City, Minnesota
• Rush County, Indiana
• Rush County, Kansas
• Rush Township (disambiguation), various places
• Rush Historic District, a zinc mining region in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas
• Rush Valley, Utah
• Rush Lake (disambiguation), various lakes
• Rush Creek (Marin County, California)
• Rush Creek (Mono County, California)
• Rush Creek (Kishwaukee River), Illinois
• Rush Street (Chicago), Illinois

Ireland

• Rush, Dublin

People

Given name

• Rush D. Holt, Sr. (1905-1955), U.S. senator for West Virginia
• Rush D. Holt, Jr. (born 1948), U.S. representative for New Jersey; son of Rush D. Holt, Sr.
• Rush Limbaugh (born 1951), conservative radio personality

Surname

• Barbara Rush (born 1927), American stage, film, and television actress
• Benjamin Rush (1746-1813), a Founding Father of the United States, physician, writer, educator and humanitarian
• Bob Rush (American football) (born 1955), National Football League center for San Diego and Kansas City
• Bob Rush (Australian footballer) (1880–1975), Australian rules footballer and administrator
• Bob Rush (baseball) (1925-2011), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Bobby Rush (born 1946), U.S. Representative for Illinois
• Bobby Rush (musician) (born 1935), American blues and R&B musician, composer and singer
• Brandon Rush (born 1985), National Basketball Association player
• David Rush (born 1971), English former footballer
• David Rush (rapper), stage name of American rapper and record producer David Mauricio Bowen-Petterson
• Eddie Rush (born 1961), National Basketball Association referee
• Eric Rush (born 1965), New Zealand rugby union footballer
• Geoffrey Rush (born 1951), Australian actor and film producer
• Ian Rush (born 1961), Welsh former footballer
• Jennifer Rush (born 1960), pop/rock singer
• Lyndon Rush (born 1980), Canadian bobsledder
• Matthew Rush (footballer) (born 1971), former footballer
• Merrilee Rush (born 1944), American singer best known for her recording of the song "Angel of the Morning"
• Otis Rush (born 1935), American blues singer and guitarist
• Richard Rush (1780-1859), United States Attorney General under James Madison and Secretary of the Treasury under John Quincy Adams
• Xavier Rush (born 1977), New Zealand former rugby union footballer

Other

• Rush (wrestler), ring name of Mexican professional wrestler William Muñoz
• Rush, a nickname for Canadian mixed martial artist Georges St. Pierre
• DJ Rush, stage name of American techno DJ Isaiah Major

Music

• Rush (band), a Canadian progressive rock band
  • Rush (Rush album), their 1974 rock album
• Rush (Anna Abreu album), 2011 studio album by Finnish singer Anna Abreu
• Rush (Darude album), a 2003 trance album
• Rush (Dean Geyer album), a 2007 pop album
• Rushes (album), a 1998 ambient electronic album by The Fireman
• Rush (soundtrack), the soundtrack for the 1991 film
• "Rush" (BAD song), a 1991 alternative dance song
• "Rush" (The Pillows song), a 1999 Japanese-rock song
• "Rush" (Aly & AJ song), a 2005 pop song
• "Rush" (Poisonblack song), a 2006 goth-rock song
• "Rush", a 1993 song by Depeche Mode on Songs of Faith and Devotion
• "Rush", a song by Uverworld from the album Timeless
• "Rush", a 2005 song by MYMP on Beyond Acoustic
• "Rushes" (song), Darius Danesh's second single from his debut album Dive In'
• "Rush Rush", 1991 Paula Abdul song
• "Rush Rush" (Debbie Harry song), 1983 song

Film, television, and video games

• Rushes or dailies, the first print made of a day's filming
• Rush (1983 film), a science fiction film directed by Anthony Richmond
• Rush (1991 film), a crime film directed by Lili Fini Zanuck
• Rush (2012 film), a Bollywood thriller film directed by Shamin Desai
• Rush (2013 film), an action film directed by Ron Howard
• Rush (1970s TV series), an Australian historical drama
• Rush (2008 TV series), an Australian police drama
• "Rush" (The X-Files), an episode of The X-Files
• Nicholas Rush, a character in the television series Stargate Universe
• Rush (video game series), an arcade racing series
• Rush (video games), an attack strategy
• Rush (Mega Man), a character from the video game series
• William Rush, protagonist in the Time Crisis 4 video game

Sports

• Rush (American football), a tactic in American football
• Rush (Australian Rules football), a tactic in Australian Rules football
• Rush, in croquet, a roquet whose aim is to move the target ball a significant distance
• Chicago Rush, an Arena Football League team
• Edmonton Rush, a National Lacrosse League team

Ships

• USS Rush, the name of two United States Navy ships
• USCGC Rush (WHEC-723), a United States Coast Guard high endurance cutter
• USRC Rush (1874), a United States revenue cutter
• USRC Rush (1885), a United States revenue cutter

Other uses

• Rush University, Chicago, Illinois
  • Rush Medical College
• Toyota Rush, the name under which a version of the Daihatsu Terios mini sport utility vehicle is marketed in Indonesia
• Rushes (company), a post-production and visual effects company based in London
• Rush (Thorpe Park), a giant swing ride at Thorpe Park in Chertsey, Surrey, England

See also

• Adrenaline rush
• Bulrush (disambiguation)
• Rush week, period for joining many fraternities and sororities
• All pages beginning with "Rush"