onrushing

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adjective

rushing or flowing forward

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Meanings

adjectiveonrushing (comparative more onrushing, superlative most onrushing)

comparative more onrushing · superlative most onrushing

  1. rushing or flowing forward

    The Spaniard was forced off his line to clear from the onrushing John Sutton before a full-stretch save to keep an Arvydas Novikovas effort from finding the top corner from 25 yards.

    2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport

    Synonyms: fluent

  2. figurativelyattacking
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of onrush

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiverushing or flowing forward

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fluent
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streaming
Also see
flowingfluminousstreaming

Origin

From on- + rushing.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

unhorsing
Cite this entry
APA

onrushing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onrushing

MLA

“onrushing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onrushing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onrushing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onrushing.

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