rushing

Other forms of rushing

plural

rushings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rushing

What does rushing mean?

rushing means "(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rushing?

rushing has 2 syllables: rus-hing. The stress falls on "rus". In IPA it is /ˈɹʌʃɪŋ/.

What is another word for rushing?

Close synonyms include rush, haste, hurry, rush. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rushing a common word?

rushing is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.