push
push is a 4-letter English word with 28 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A pustule; a pimple. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A pustule; a pimple.
- transitive verb. To press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; -- opposed to draw.
- transitive verb. To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
- transitive verb. To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection too far.
- transitive verb. To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass.
- transitive verb. To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease.
- intransitive verb. To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword.
- intransitive verb. To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic; as, a man must push in order to succeed.
- intransitive verb. To burst pot, as a bud or shoot.
- noun. A thrust with a pointed instrument, or with the end of a thing.
- noun. Any thrust. pressure, impulse, or force, or force applied; a shove; as, to give the ball the first push.
- noun. An assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence, the time or occasion for action.
- noun. The faculty of overcoming obstacles; aggressive energy; as, he has push, or he has no push.
- noun. the act of applying force in order to move something away
"he gave the door a hard push"
"the pushing is good exercise"
- noun. an effort to advance
"the army made a push toward the sea"
- noun. an electrical switch operated by pressing
"the elevator was operated by push buttons"
"the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk"
- noun. enterprising or ambitious drive
"Europeans often laugh at American energy"
- noun. the force used in pushing
"the push of the water on the walls of the tank"
"the thrust of the jet engines"
- verb. press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action
"He pushed her to finish her doctorate"
- verb. 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"
- verb. make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
"`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"
- verb. move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
- verb. press against forcefully without moving
"she pushed against the wall with all her strength"
- verb. move strenuously and with effort
"The crowd pushed forward"
- verb. approach a certain age or speed
"She is pushing fifty"
- verb. sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs)
"The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs"
- verb. 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!"
- verb. 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"
Synonyms
pushing, button, energy, thrust, advertise, advertize, promote, press, force, crowd, drive, labor, labour, tug, agitate, campaign, crusade, fight
Common word forms
pushed, pusher, pushes, pushful, pushing
Words from these letters
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