Rush

Do you use "Rush"?

Please vote below.

I use it very often.

0

I use it sometimes.

1

I've heard it but I never use it.

0

I've never heard of this word.

0

There was one vote since the poll was created on 15:26, 8 June 2015.

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Part of speech

Noun, Verb

Pronunciation

[ruhsh]

Description

1. (noun) The process of going through Greek life recruitment. Fraternities start this process in the fall and for soroities, the formal process starts at the beginning of winter quarter.
2. (verb) To actively pursue membership at a fraternity.
3. (verb) To actively recruit an person unaffiliated with a fraternity.

Examples of Fraternity Rush Events:

• Sunday Night Dinners
• Parties/Social Events
• Brotherhood Outings such as paintball or bowling

Example sentence

1. I need to plan all of my outfits for rush.
2. He's rushing Sigma pretty hard.
3. Sigma rushed me pretty hard, but I wasn't interested.

Related terms

• Recruitment
• bid