uprush
/ˈʌpɹʌʃ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The present moment had certainly inflicted on fantasy the presentment of Podson in a posture of devotion, squeezing her hand, and even the frustrations of an alarmed spinster could not defeat the up-rush of bright exciting imageries inspired by that action."
- "Mrs Dibble's face blazed with a magenta uprush of blood at that ultimatum and she screamed, "You dare try to do me out of my gin too! You dare!""
- "It now appears that the locomotive did not blow up, as was commonly stated at the time, but that the aeroplane flew so low as to come into contact with the dome of the engine, knocking it off. It was the combination of the impact and the uprush of steam that so disturbed the equilibrium of the raider as to cause it to crash."
Etymology
From up- + rush.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: up