means To move or do something with great speed and urgency, or the surge of energy and excitement such haste can bring.

from From Old French 'ruser' (to drive back, repel, also to dodge — the same root that gives us 'ruse'), itself from Latin 'recusare,' to refuse or push away. The 'hurry' sense grew in English over the centuries, the word's edge softening from shoving an enemy back to simply moving fast — and the meaning of a thrilling surge is a much later, very modern blossom on that old stem.