uprush

[ uhp-ruhsh ]

noun
  1. an upward rush, as of water or air.

  2. an abrupt increase: an uprush of business during the noon hour.

Origin of uprush

1
First recorded in 1870–75; up- + rush1

Words Nearby uprush

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How to use uprush in a sentence

  • It was a new kind of inspiration, of that strange "subliminal uprush" which made the mystery of his life.

    Love's Pilgrimage | Upton Sinclair
  • It is caused by an uprush of fairy force from the ground—and spreading fish-tail fashion higher into the air—it is many-hued.

    The Coming of the Fairies | Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The break came on the uprush of the unanticipated reinforcements.

    The Quickening | Francis Lynde
  • The vehement uprush of the old emotion made reflection of any kind impossible.

    Day and Night Stories | Algernon Blackwood
  • I must bear witness to my conviction that we are beholding a tremendous inrush or uprush of good into man and his world.

British Dictionary definitions for uprush

uprush

/ (ˈʌpˌrʌʃ) /


noun
  1. an upward rush, as of consciousness

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