rush job

noun

A task done under pressure or with urgency.

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Meanings

nounrush job (plural rush jobs)

plural rush jobs · alternative rush-job

  1. A task done under pressure or with urgency.

    "Rush job?" "Yes, sir. You'll have to excuse me. I've got to get started."

    1909, L. Frank Baum, chapter 8, in Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work
    2 more examples

    "[W]hen they called me for a rush job, there wasn't enough time to sign an agreement, nor did I think it necessary."

    1993 July 4, Penny Singer, “Photographers Find Strength in Unity”, in New York Times, retrieved 07 Jan 2016

    [T]he production values are excellent and there are no obvious signs of it having been a rush job.

    2008 October 17, John Hiscock, “Film Review: W”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 07 Jan 2016

Translations

Catalan engiponament
  • engiponamenta task done under pressure or with urgency
Tagalog himaw
  • himawa task done under pressure or with urgency
Cite this entry
APA

rush job. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rush%20job

MLA

“rush job.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rush%20job. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rush job,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rush%20job.

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