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adrenaline rush

[uh-dren-l-in ruhsh]

noun

  1. a sudden, intense feeling of exhilaration or excitement caused by or as if by a surge of adrenaline.

    It's the adrenaline rush and the intensity of the competition that I most look forward to.

    These folks eat, breathe, and sleep roller coasters and can never get enough of an adrenaline rush.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of adrenaline rush1

First recorded in 1965–70
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So I do think it’s a specific person that takes a lot of joy in that and it is a real adrenaline rush to be like, “Prada, Prada, Prada.”

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The inherent danger gives them an adrenaline rush that, they argue, keeps their brains sharp.

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“I’m at this point in my life where I’m trying to do as many different and random exciting things, and if it’s something that makes me a little bit nervous, that I’ve never done before and it’s a bit of an adrenaline rush? That’s what I want to be doing.”

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“Maybe some superpower hero power would overwhelm me — an adrenaline rush or something maybe would have kicked in?”

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“There had to have been some type of explosive adrenaline rush. And I thought to myself, maybe Gi-hun, without even realizing it, is enjoying that rush. When I thought about the motivation behind it as an actor, I was also doubting myself. This scene is very cinematic, it’s very dramatic,” he says.

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