inrush

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Etymology

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From in- +‎ rush.

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Noun

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inrush (plural inrushes)

  1. A crowding or flooding in.
  2. The initial flow of electricity into a component when it is switched on.

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Verb

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inrush (third-person singular simple present inrushes, present participle inrushing, simple past and past participle inrushed)

  1. (obsolete) To rush in.
    • 1610, William Camden, translated by Philémon Holland, Britain, or A Chorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, [], London: [] [Eliot’s Court Press for] Georgii Bishop & Ioannis Norton, →OCLC:
      The Ocean, ready to inrush upon them.

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