drive thrust driving force | the act of applying force to propel something, after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off |
jab jabbing poke poking thrust thrusting | a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow), he warned me with a jab with his finger, he made a thrusting motion with his fist |
stab thrust knife thrust | a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument, one strong stab to the heart killed him |
lunge straight thrust passado | (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward |
knife fight snickersnee cut-and-thrust | fighting with knives |
drawbar | a strong metal bar bearing a hook to attach something to be pulled |
thrust bearing | a bearing designed to take thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution |
thrust stage | a theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides |
thrust | verbal criticism, he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians |
thrust fault overthrust fault reverse fault | a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression |
push thrust | the force used in pushing, the push of the water on the walls of the tank, the thrust of the jet engines |
force thrust | impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably, She forced her diet fads on him |
pierce thrust | penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument |
throw thrust | place or put with great energy, She threw the blanket around the child, thrust the money in the hands of the beggar |
push out obtrude thrust out | push to thrust outward |
thrust | push forcefully, He thrust his chin forward |
barge thrust ahead push forward | push one's way, she barged into the meeting room |
lunge hurl hurtle thrust | make a thrusting forward movement |
thrust stuff shove squeeze | press or force, Stuff money into an envelope, She thrust the letter into his hand |
thrust push up | push upward, The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air |
thrust | force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock |