rush

Naija

Etymology

Borrowed from English rush

Pronunciation

• rɔ̂ʃ

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 12
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 644
• Frequency in raw corpus: 210
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1275

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Verb

rush: stampede -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Everybody just dey rush.  — no translation

2. - (frequency:5)

   di police for di area get information rush go di place;  — (bbc__1707, __no translation__)

   But e say based on im own experience, na di students 'dey rush lecturers pass'.  — (bbc__76447, __no translation__)

3. nsubj-obj (frequency:4)

   Emergency service say dem rush 29 pipo wey get minor and serious injury go hospital.  — (bbc__46862, __no translation__)

   Wen helicopter rush di unconscious woman wey don suffer serious stroke reach hospital for April, she bin no too get chance of survival.  — (bbc__98793, __no translation__)

4. nsubj (frequency:3)

   I carry patient go do lab test na im I hear shout and commotion na so I rush and by di time I reach dia dem don already arrest di mad man wey dey naked. Na so Yushau tok.  — (bbc__32, __no translation__)

   Kano Police say di man bin warn di pipo wey dey do di horse procession not to enter im street and as dem enter na im e rush go carry im pump action gun start to dey fire pipo for di street.  — (bbc__61839, __no translation__)

5. aux-obj (frequency:3)

   Go rush food, go siddon again.  — (NST_cleaned__4156, __no translation__)

   na around dat time dem come dey disturb dey rush us  — (deuber__4796, __no translation__)

6. aux (frequency:2)

   That morning, as John dey try open one big iron drum, e cut im hand and blood come dey rush.  — (jw__27962, __no translation__)

   Na so I go stand up dey rush, dey work hard inside dat, towards dat, dat morning because na dat time na im I see light.  — (NST_cleaned__10697, __no translation__)

7. mark-obj (frequency:2)

   Maitre Claude Assira, defence party tell BBC News Pidgin say for pipo weh deh go fit face death sentence, e no good for rush the defence.  — (bbc__64845, __no translation__)

   Before now, di Minister of Labour say di 14 days deadline wey dem give goment na style to hurry-hurry di tripartite committee for di new National Minimum Wage to rush di mata.  — (bbc__19631, __no translation__)

8. aux-nsubj (frequency:2)

   Im wonda why Buhari goment dey rush.  — (bbc__76473, __no translation__)

   Today wey be Monday, make time dey rush, make time dey rush, make I go house.  — (NST_cleaned__1793, __no translation__)

9. conj-nsubj (frequency:2)

   Im say wen dem reach di venue for di occasion, some IPOB members rush come greet dem, den begin yan some kain tins wey Ekweremadu no understand.  — (bbc__59260, __no translation__)

   Delilah rush go tell Philistine people sey: ‘I know wetin make am get power!’ E come make Samson sleep for im lap and e call person come barb im hair.  — (jw__6373, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• pack 0.64 339, pursue 0.62 426, drive 0.61 431, bury 0.61 278, outside 0.61 702, greet 0.60 161, travel 0.59 914, hook 0.59 67, meet 0.59 1651

Antonyms

• pack 0.64 339, pursue 0.62 426, drive 0.61 431, bury 0.61 278, outside 0.61 702, greet 0.60 161, travel 0.59 914, hook 0.59 67, meet 0.59 1651

Translations

• English: stampede