push
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: po͝osh
ipa: /pʊʃ/
ipa: [pʷʊʃ]
ipa: /pʉʃ/
ipa: [puʃ]
rhymes: -ʊʃ
Forms: form: pushes
form: pushing
form: pushed
form: pushed
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: push
form: push
form: pushed
form: push
form: pushest
form: pushed
form: pushedst
form: pushes
form: pusheth
form: pushed
form: push
form: pushed
form: push
form: pushed
form: push
form: -
form: pushing
form: pushed
Etymology: From Middle English pushen, poshen, posson, borrowed from Middle French pousser (Modern French pousser) from Old French poulser, from Latin pulsare (“to beat, strike”), frequentative of pellere (past participle pulsus). Doublet of pulsate and pulse (verb). Partly displaced native Old English sċūfan, whence Modern English shove.
Senses: examples: text: In his anger he pushed me against the wall and threatened me.
text: You need to push quite hard to get this door open.
synonyms: press
shove
thring
thrutch
antonyms: draw
pull
tug
glosses: To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
examples: text: We are pushed for an answer.
ref: December 7, 1710, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner, Number 18
text: December 22, 1711, letter to The Spectator
Ambition […] pushes the soul to such actions as are apt to procure honour and reputation to the actor.
synonyms: word: press
word: urge
word: abet
word: actuate
word: goose
word: send
word: sting
word: bring about
word: cheer
word: drive
word: encourage
word: egg on
word: engender
word: evoke
word: excite
word: foment
word: goad
word: grill
word: ignite
word: impel
word: incite
word: induce
word: inflame
word: instigate
word: invoke
word: lash
word: motive
word: motivate
word: move
word: obligate
word: oblige
word: push
word: promote
word: prompt
word: provoke
word: rouse
word: set off
word: spark off
word: spur
word: spur on
word: stimulate
word: stir
word: stir up
word: stoke
word: tempt
word: urge
word: whet
word: whip up
glosses: To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
examples: text: to push an objection too far; to push one's luck
text: to push his fortune
ref: 1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, stanza 133:
synonyms: drive
force
glosses: To press or urge forward; to drive.
examples: text: Stop pushing the issue — I'm not interested.
text: They're pushing that perfume again.
text: There were two men hanging around the school gates today, pushing drugs.
text: Earlier the premier had rejected outright suggestions, apparently being pushed by up to a third of the government’s 33-member caucus, that the government forget the deficit and launch a major public initiative to stimulate the economy.
ref: 1982 December 11, Frances Russell, “Economic performance buoys Pawley’s position”, in The Vancouver Sun (The Weekend Sun), Vancouver, BC, page A6:
synonyms: advertise
promote
glosses: To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).
examples: text: Don't think that if you keep pushing harder and harder, it will make you succeed faster or earn more.
ref: 2016, JoAnneh Nagler, How to be an artist without losing your mind, your shirt, or your creative compass, →ISBN, page 91:
glosses: To continually exert oneself in order to achieve a goal.
examples: text: My old car is pushing 250,000 miles.
text: He's pushing sixty.
translation: He's nearly sixty years old.
english: He's nearly sixty years old.
text: Don't be mad at me 'cause you're pushing thirty / And your old tricks no longer work
ref: 2004, Amy Winehouse, Salaam Remi, “Fuck Me Pumps”, in Frank, performed by Amy Winehouse:
text: “I'm pushing 40 and on TikTok,” he says. “I feel old every day.”
ref: 2023 October 7, Ajesh Patalay, quoting Jon Kung, “The Naked Chef 2.0”, in FT Weekend, HTSI, page 77:
synonyms: approach
near
glosses: To approach; to come close to.
examples: text: During childbirth, there are times when the obstetrician advises the woman not to push.
synonyms: word: bear down
word: boo-boo
word: cack
word: choke a darkie
word: crap
word: defecate
word: do one's ease
word: ease oneself
word: do a number two
word: do one's easement
word: drite
word: drop a bomb
word: drop a chalupa
word: drop a deuce
word: drop anchor
word: drop the kids off at the pool
word: dung
raw_tags: of animals
word: exrementize
word: feceate
word: have a shit
word: move one's bowels
word: pinch a loaf
word: pinch one off
word: poo
word: pooh
word: poop
word: sharn
word: shart
word: shiss
word: shit
word: shite
word: stool
word: take a dump
word: take a shit
word: take a crap
word: take the Browns to the Super Bowl
word: uncoil
word: void one's bowels
glosses: To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to give birth or defecate.
glosses: To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
glosses: To make a higher bid at an auction.
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: To make an all-in bet.
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: To move (a pawn) directly forward.
examples: text: When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack.
ref: 1992, Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications, page 47:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
antonyms: pop
glosses: To add (a data item) to the top of a stack.
examples: text: Because this version of the Windows Installer is aware of the GAC, it has the capability to publish components into it. […] You can manually or programmatically push an assembly into the GAC by using the command-line tool Gacutil.exe.
ref: 2002, Lars Powers, Mike Snell, Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to the .NET Framework Class Library, page 968:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To publish (an update, etc.) by transmitting it to other computers.
examples: text: If the ox shall push a manservant or maidservant, […] the ox shall be stoned.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 21:32:
glosses: To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
glosses: To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: To strike the cue ball in such a way that it stays in contact with the cue and object ball at the same time (a foul shot).
Derived terms: sense: Phrasal verbs
word: push along
sense: Phrasal verbs
word: push around
sense: Phrasal verbs
word: push aside
sense: Phrasal verbs
word: push away
sense: Phrasal verbs
word: push back
sense: Phrasal verbs
word: push down
sense: Phrasal verbs
word: push forward
sense: Phrasal verbs
word: push in
sense: Phrasal verbs
word: push off
sense: Phrasal verbs
word: push on
sense: Phrasal verbs
word: push out
sense: Phrasal verbs
word: push over
sense: Phrasal verbs
word: push past
sense: Phrasal verbs
word: push through
sense: Phrasal verbs
word: push together
sense: Phrasal verbs
word: push under
sense: Phrasal verbs
word: push up
sense: Phrasal verbs
word: push up against
sense: Phrasal verbs
word: push up on
sense: Other derived terms
word: push against an open door
sense: Other derived terms
word: push-and-pull
sense: Other derived terms
word: push-and-run
sense: Other derived terms
word: push bicycle
sense: Other derived terms
word: pushbike
sense: Other derived terms
word: push-bike
sense: Other derived terms
word: push button
sense: Other derived terms
word: push-button
sense: Other derived terms
word: pushbutton
sense: Other derived terms
word: push-cycle
sense: Other derived terms
word: push daisies
sense: Other derived terms
word: pusher
sense: Other derived terms
word: pushful
sense: Other derived terms
word: push into the long grass
sense: Other derived terms
word: push-me-I-push-you
sense: Other derived terms
word: push notification
sense: Other derived terms
word: push one's luck
sense: Other derived terms
word: push one's way in
sense: Other derived terms
word: pushover
sense: Other derived terms
word: push paper
sense: Other derived terms
word: push papers
sense: Other derived terms
word: push-pull
sense: Other derived terms
word: push rope
sense: Other derived terms
word: push shit uphill
sense: Other derived terms
word: push shot
sense: Other derived terms
word: push someone's buttons
sense: Other derived terms
word: push string uphill
sense: Other derived terms
word: push the boat out
sense: Other derived terms
word: push the edge of the envelope
sense: Other derived terms
word: push the envelope
sense: Other derived terms
word: push the limit
sense: Other derived terms
word: push the right buttons
sense: Other derived terms
word: push-to-talk
sense: Other derived terms
word: push-to-transmit
sense: Other derived terms
word: push-up
sense: Other derived terms
word: push up daisies
sense: Other derived terms
word: push up the daisies
sense: Other derived terms
word: push water uphill
sense: Other derived terms
word: pushy
sense: Other derived terms
word: too posh to push
Related terms: pedal pushers
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