landrush noun2 •(figurative) Any scramble for limited resources.In the event that an applicant obtains the domain name in question through the Landrush process described below, the service will be activated[…] — 2001 •(historical) An event in which previously restricted land of the United States was opened for homesteading on a first-come-first-served basis.It never knew a boom and was relatively untouched by the great landrush of the 1850's. — 1967 formslandrushes