"gold rush" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡəʊldˌɹʌʃ/ [UK], /ˈɡoʊldˌɹʌʃ/ [US] Forms: gold rushes [plural]
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': 74 9 4 13
  2. (figurative) A feverish obsession with seeking profits, especially in new markets. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-gold_rush-en-noun-tSqCfyf1
  3. A cocktail made from bourbon, honey, and lemon juice. Categories (topical): Cocktails
    Sense id: en-gold_rush-en-noun-yL8xasHf Disambiguation of Cocktails: 9 2 51 37
  4. (informal, sports) The urge to win gold medals, as in the Olympic Games. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Sports Synonyms: goldrush, gold-rush
    Sense id: en-gold_rush-en-noun-rfSpyAqd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 2 4 73 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 4 8 65 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 24 4 7 64 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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  "word": "gold rush"
}

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