onrushing

English

Etymology

on- +‎ rushing

Adjective

onrushing (comparative more onrushing, superlative most onrushing)

1. rushing or flowing forward
   • 2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     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.

2. (figuratively) attacking

Synonyms

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

Verb

onrushing

1. present participle of onrush

Anagrams

• unhorsing