Definitions for uprush

uprush up·rush

Spelling: [uhp-ruhsh]
IPA: /ˈʌpˌrʌʃ/

Uprush is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 53 anagrams from letters in uprush (hprsuu).

Definitions for uprush

noun

  1. an upward rush, as of water or air.
  2. an abrupt increase:

Origin of uprush

First recorded in 1870-75; up- + rush1

Examples for uprush

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.

They came down towards him, fitfully, eddyingly, and passed aside out of the uprush from the fan.

To Maurice, rushing on alone, the relief of hating Eleanor was lost in the uprush of that ghastly possibility: "If it is mine?"

The break came on the uprush of the unanticipated reinforcements.

I trod quite uneasily on this uprush of the earth; the Spring is always only a fruitful earthquake.

I must bear witness to my conviction that we are beholding a tremendous inrush or uprush of good into man and his world.

So, hard upon the uprush of the first German air-fleet, these Asiatic swarms took to the atmosphere.

In this uprush of spirit, her red hair seemed even to bristle and to glisten.

Turning, his eyes widened in horror as he saw an uprush of bubbles.

It was the first uprush of the strong rising tide, and they might yet be carried to a deep-water landing.

Word Value for uprush
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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