push pushing | the act of applying force in order to move something away, he gave the door a hard push, the pushing is good exercise |
nudge jog | a slight push or shake |
shove | the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something), he gave the door a shove |
push | an effort to advance, the army made a push toward the sea |
shovel board shove-halfpenny shove-ha'penny | a game in which coins or discs are slid by hand across a board toward a mark |
rollback push back | the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw |
bell push | a button that is pushed to ring a bell |
push-bike | a bicycle that must be pedaled |
push broom | a wide broom that is pushed ahead of the sweeper |
push button push button | an electrical switch operated by pressing, the elevator was operated by push buttons, the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk |
push-button radio | a radio receiver that can be tuned by pressing buttons |
push-down storage push-down store stack | a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO) |
energy push get-up-and-go | enterprising or ambitious drive, Europeans often laugh at American energy |
push-down list push-down stack stack | a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO) |
push-down queue | a queue in which the last item to go in is the first item to come out (LIFO) |
push thrust | the force used in pushing, the push of the water on the walls of the tank, the thrust of the jet engines |
erupt come out break through push through | break out, The tooth erupted and had to be extracted |
push bear on | press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action, He pushed her to finish her doctorate |
nudge | push into action by pestering or annoying gently |
dismiss disregard brush aside brush off discount push aside ignore | bar from attention or consideration, She dismissed his advances |
advertise advertize promote push | make publicity for, try to sell (a product), The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model, The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops |
nudge poke at prod | to push against gently, She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant |
down knock down cut down push down pull down | cause to come or go down, The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect, The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet |
press push | make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby, `Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman |
repel drive b repulse force back push back beat back | cause to move back by force or influence, repel the enemy, push back the urge to smoke, beat back the invaders |
shove | push roughly, the people pushed and shoved to get in line |
strong-arm bully browbeat bullyrag ballyrag boss around hector push around | be bossy towards, Her big brother always bullied her when she was young |
shove off shove along blow | leave, informal or rude, shove off!, The children shoved along, Blow now! |
jostle shove | come into rough contact with while moving, The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train |
push force | move with force, He pushed the table into a corner |
push | press against forcefully without moving, she pushed against the wall with all her strength |
push | move strenuously and with effort, The crowd pushed forward |
push out obtrude thrust out | push to thrust outward |
push aside push away | push out of the way |
push up | push upward |
press on push on plough on | continue moving forward |
barge thrust ahead push forward | push one's way, she barged into the meeting room |
push crowd | approach a certain age or speed, She is pushing fifty |
thrust stuff shove squeeze | press or force, Stuff money into an envelope, She thrust the letter into his hand |
push | sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs), The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs |
tug labor labour push drive | strive and make an effort to reach a goal, She tugged for years to make a decent living, We have to push a little to make the deadline!, She is driving away at her doctoral thesis |
crusade a fight a press campaign a push a agitate | exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person, be an advocate for, The liberal party pushed for reforms, She is crusading for women's rights, The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate |
thrust push up | push upward, The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air |