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rush - Music, Film, television and video games, Sports, People, Places, Things, Related miscellanea

A densely tufted annual or evergreen perennial; cosmopolitan, but typically found in cold and wet places; leaves narrow, flat, channelled, or cylindrical and pointed; flowers with six perianth-segments, brownish, in dense heads, sometimes borne laterally below tip of stem. (Genus: Juncus, 300 species. Family: Juncaceae.)

Also called "formal rush" In poker, a winning streak usually characterized by a sequence of unusually lucky cards In music, where it means to play faster than the indicated tempo, usually accidental and undesirable

Music

Rush, a Canadian progressive rock band Rush, Rush's 1974 album Rush, a 1998 album by Bel Canto "Rush", a single by the pillows "Rush", a song by Aly & AJ "Rush", a 1993 song by Depeche Mode "Rush", a song by Big Audio Dynamite II "Rush", a song by MYMP from their album Beyond Acoustic

Film, television and video games

Rush (1991 film), a crime film directed by Lili Fini Zanuck A 1983 Italian science fiction film, directed by Anthony Richmond, with Conrad Nichols, Laura Trotter, Gordon Mitchell Rush (TV), a historical drama television serial produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in the 1970s, which was later overdubbed by The Late Show in the early 1990s to produce "The Olden Days" Rush (Mega Man), a robotic dog in the Mega Man series Rush (computer gaming), in real-time strategy computer games, a fast attack at the beginning of a game Sonic Rush, a game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series Rush (video game series), an arcade racing series Rush (video game), latest title in series for PlayStation Portable

Sports

Rushing in American Football Chicago Rush, an Arena Football League team Edmonton Rush, a professional lacrosse team

People

Surname

Barbara Rush, American actress Benjamin Rush, founding father of the United States Bobby Rush, U.S. Representative from Illinois Bobby Rush (musician), American musician Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor Ian Rush, Welsh footballer Jennifer Rush, American singer Kareem Rush, NBA basketball player for the Charlotte Bobcats Matthew Rush, American porn star Otis Rush, American musician Richard Rush, American statesman and son of Dr. Benjamin Rush Richard Rush (director), American film director Tom Rush, American singer William Rush, 1756-1833, American sculptor William Rees Rush, 1857-1940, U.S. Naval officer

First name

Rush D. Holt, Sr., U.S. Senator from West Virginia Rush Limbaugh, American talk show host

Places

Canada:

Rush Lake, Ontario Rush Lake, Saskatchewan

Ireland:

Rush, Dublin

United States:

Rush, Colorado Rush, New York Rush Center, Kansas Rush City, Minnesota Rush River, Wisconsin Rush Springs, Oklahoma Rush County, Indiana Rush County, Kansas Rush River (Minnesota) Rush River (North Dakota) Rush River (Virginia)

Things

Rush Medical College and Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois Rush (Thorpe Park) - A S&S Power 'Screamin' Swing' Ride at Thorpe Park

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