onrushing

English

Etymology

on- +‎ rushing

Adjective

onrushing (comparative more onrushing, superlative most onrushing)

rushing or flowing forward
- 2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎:
  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.
(figuratively) attacking

Synonyms

(flowing forward): fluent, streaming; see also Thesaurus:flowing

Verb

onrushing

present participle and gerund of onrush

Anagrams

unhorsing

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