Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bum-rush

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English

Syllables: bum-rush
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To force one's way into; to crash.

Informal; Transitive verb

verb

To forcibly overpower a person.

Informal; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"2015 August 21, KGWhttp://www.kgw.com/story/news/local/2015/08/21/oregon-soldier-takes-down-gunman--french-train/32162823/ That gave them the opportunity to bum-rush [the gunman]"
"It had what they call a safety space[…] He was trying to get into it, but he got bum rushed so fast that he didn't get into that."

Etymology

Usage occurred May 4th, 1939 in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake meaning rapidly rushing towards and crashing against ("... came at this timecoloured place where we live in our paroqial fermament one tide on another, with a bumrush in a hull of a wherry, the twin turbane dhow,").

Usage

Inflected Forms

bum-rushes (present, singular) bum-rushing (participle, present) bum-rushed (participle, past) bum-rushed (past) bumrush (alternative) bum rush (alternative) bum's rush (alternative)

Phrases

bum's rush

Frequently Paired Words

bum's rush

Questions

What does bum-rush mean?: To force one's way into; to crash.
Where does bum-rush come from?: Usage occurred May 4th, 1939 in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake meaning rapidly rushing towards and crashing against ("... came at this timecoloured place where we live in our paroqial fermament one tide on another, with a bumrush in a hull of a wherry, the twin turbane dhow,").

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