push
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: po͝osh
ipa: /pʊʃ/
ipa: [pʷʊʃ]
ipa: /pʉʃ/
ipa: [puʃ]
rhymes: -ʊʃ
Forms: form: pushes
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: Give the door a hard push if it sticks.
glosses: A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.
examples: text: One more push and the baby will be out.
glosses: An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
examples: text: Some details got lost in the push to get the project done.
text: Let's give one last push on our advertising campaign.
text: The push to amend the Civil and Commercial Code on marriage is expected to enter parliament on Wednesday. The amendment would allow same-sex marriage […]
ref: 2022 February 9, E. Parpart, N. Patanasophon, “Activists push for new ammendment that would give marital rights for all”, in Thai Enquirer, retrieved 09 Feb 2022:
glosses: A great effort (to do something).
glosses: An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
examples: text: I guess it's just
the special curse
of working under
deadline's push
ref: 1984 April 7, “Mousie Mousie Wildflower (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 14:
glosses: A force that impels or pressures one to act.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A marching or drill maneuver/manoeuvre performed by moving a formation (especially a company front) forward or toward the audience, usually to accompany a dramatic climax or crescendo in the music.
glosses: A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The addition of a data item to the top of a stack.
examples: text: server push; a push technology
glosses: The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request.
examples: text: Till some wild, excited person
Galloped down the township cursing,
"Sydney push have mobbed Macpherson,
Roll up, Dandaloo!"
ref: 1891, Banjo Paterson, An Evening in Dandaloo:
text: My father […] was soon as unambiguously Australian as any other member of the rough Rugby pushes that in the years before the Great War made up the mixed and liverly world of South Brisbane.
ref: 1994, David Malouf, A First Place, Vintage, published 2015, page 37:
glosses: A particular crowd or throng or people.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: A push shot.
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
professional-wrestling
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: An attempt to give momentum to a wrestler's career in the form of victories and/or more screen time.
examples: text: A bell circuit, fed from the train lighting battery, is connected to a push in each berth and functions in conjunction with a luminous indicator mounted over the door and in association with a cancellation push, for use by the car attendant.
ref: 1952 February, “New Third Class Sleeping Cars”, in Railway Magazine, page 87:
glosses: A push-button, such as a bell push.
Derived terms: at a push
bed push
bell push
bellpush
cost-push inflation
get the push
give someone the push
if push comes to shove
push and shove
push bike
push broom
push bunt
push dagger
push factor
push money
push moraine
push mow
push mower
push net
push-penny
push pin
push-pin
push poll
push-poll
push polling
push-polling
push present
push-pull amplifier
push rim
push scooter
push-scrolling
push-start
push-through
push time
push wood
ridge push
server push
wage-push inflation
when push comes to shove