"gold rush" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡəʊldˌɹʌʃ/ [UK], /ˈɡoʊldˌɹʌʃ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-gold rush.wav Forms: gold rushes [plural]
Etymology: From gold + rush. First use appears c. 1848 in the Oregon Spectator. Etymology templates: {{com|en|gold|rush}} gold + rush Head templates: {{en-noun}} gold rush (plural gold rushes)
  1. (chiefly historical) Any period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Gold Synonyms: gold fever Translations (period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered): 淘金熱 (Chinese Mandarin), 淘金热 (táojīnrè) (Chinese Mandarin), zlatá horečka [feminine] (Czech), guldfeber [common-gender] (Danish), goudkoorts (Dutch), orimpetego (Esperanto), kultakuume (Finnish), kultaryntäys (Finnish), ruée vers l’or [feminine] (French), Goldrausch [masculine] (German), aranyláz (Hungarian), corsa all'oro [feminine] (Italian), ゴールドラッシュ (gōrudorasshu) (Japanese), kerubut emas (Malay), алтны халуурал (altny xaluural) (Mongolian), gullrush [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), gullrush [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), gorączka złota [feminine] (Polish), febre de ouro [feminine] (Portuguese), золота́я лихора́дка (zolotája lixorádka) [feminine] (Russian), fiebre del oro [feminine] (Spanish), guldrush (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-gold_rush-en-noun-HQBunaBg Disambiguation of 'period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered': 72 8 5 15
  2. (figurative) A feverish obsession with seeking profits, especially in new markets. Tags: figuratively
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  3. A cocktail made from bourbon, honey, and lemon juice. Categories (topical): Cocktails
    Sense id: en-gold_rush-en-noun-yL8xasHf Disambiguation of Cocktails: 8 1 45 46
  4. (informal, sports) The urge to win gold medals, as in the Olympic Games. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Sports, Cocktails Synonyms: goldrush, gold-rush Related terms: gold bug, gold mine, goldminer, 49er, forty-niner
    Sense id: en-gold_rush-en-noun-rfSpyAqd Disambiguation of Cocktails: 8 1 45 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 2 4 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 6 6 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 3 5 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 3 3 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 12 6 13 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 14 5 7 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 19 8 8 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 13 6 4 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 7 10 68 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 8 7 68 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 8 7 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 19 7 12 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 6 6 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 19 6 6 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 13 7 9 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 17 9 17 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 14 7 10 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 14 8 11 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 14 3 4 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 8 14 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 13 7 8 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 6 6 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 5 5 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 13 6 8 72 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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    {
      "word": "gold bug"
    },
    {
      "word": "gold mine"
    },
    {
      "word": "goldminer"
    },
    {
      "word": "49er"
    },
    {
      "word": "forty-niner"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Gold"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1906 May–October, Jack London, chapter I, in White Fang, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 4 (The Superior Gods):",
          "text": "Here Grey Beaver stopped. A whisper of the gold-rush had reached his ears, and he had come with several bales of furs, and another of gut-sewn mittens and moccasins. He would not have ventured so long a trip had he not expected generous profits.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feverish",
          "feverish"
        ],
        [
          "migration",
          "migration"
        ],
        [
          "gold",
          "gold"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly historical) Any period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gold fever"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 March 24, Kevin Roose, “Buy This Column on the Blockchain!”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "That’s because I’ve decided to enter the freewheeling world of nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, the newest frontier in the cryptocurrency gold rush.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A feverish obsession with seeking profits, especially in new markets."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feverish",
          "feverish"
        ],
        [
          "obsession",
          "obsession"
        ],
        [
          "profit",
          "profit"
        ],
        [
          "market",
          "market"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) A feverish obsession with seeking profits, especially in new markets."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021, Elva Ramirez, Zero Proof: 90 Non-Alcoholic Recipes for Mindful Drinking, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 94:",
          "text": "The Gold Rush is one of my favorite cocktails, invented at Sasha Petraske's famed Milk & Honey bar and now served all over the world. Basically a cold toddy, it's a shaken drink with bourbon, fresh lemon, and honey.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cocktail made from bourbon, honey, and lemon juice."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cocktail",
          "cocktail"
        ],
        [
          "bourbon",
          "bourbon"
        ],
        [
          "honey",
          "honey"
        ],
        [
          "lemon juice",
          "lemon juice"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The urge to win gold medals, as in the Olympic Games."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "gold medal",
          "gold medal"
        ],
        [
          "Olympic Games",
          "Olympic Games"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, sports) The urge to win gold medals, as in the Olympic Games."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡəʊldˌɹʌʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡoʊldˌɹʌʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "goldrush"
    },
    {
      "word": "gold-rush"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered",
      "word": "淘金熱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "táojīnrè",
      "sense": "period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered",
      "word": "淘金热"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zlatá horečka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "guldfeber"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered",
      "word": "goudkoorts"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered",
      "word": "orimpetego"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered",
      "word": "kultakuume"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered",
      "word": "kultaryntäys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ruée vers l’or"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Goldrausch"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered",
      "word": "aranyláz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "corsa all'oro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gōrudorasshu",
      "sense": "period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered",
      "word": "ゴールドラッシュ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered",
      "word": "kerubut emas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "altny xaluural",
      "sense": "period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered",
      "word": "алтны халуурал"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gullrush"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gullrush"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gorączka złota"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "febre de ouro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zolotája lixorádka",
      "sense": "period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "золота́я лихора́дка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fiebre del oro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered",
      "word": "guldrush"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Oregon Spectator"
  ],
  "word": "gold rush"
}

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