Dictionary Entry
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.
4 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 28 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A pustule; a pimple.
- 2transitive verb
To press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; -- opposed to draw.
- 3transitive verb
To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
- 4transitive verb
To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection too far.
- 5transitive verb
To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass.
- 6transitive verb
To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease.
- 7intransitive verb
To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword.
- 8intransitive verb
To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic; as, a man must push in order to succeed.
- 9intransitive verb
To burst pot, as a bud or shoot.
- 10noun
A thrust with a pointed instrument, or with the end of a thing.
- 11noun
Any thrust. pressure, impulse, or force, or force applied; a shove; as, to give the ball the first push.
- 12noun
An assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence, the time or occasion for action.
- 13noun
The faculty of overcoming obstacles; aggressive energy; as, he has push, or he has no push.
- 14noun
the act of applying force in order to move something away
"he gave the door a hard push"
"the pushing is good exercise"
Synonyms
- 15noun
an effort to advance
"the army made a push toward the sea"
- 16noun
an electrical switch operated by pressing
"the elevator was operated by push buttons"
"the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk"
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- 17noun
enterprising or ambitious drive
"Europeans often laugh at American energy"
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- 18noun
the force used in pushing
"the push of the water on the walls of the tank"
"the thrust of the jet engines"
Synonyms
- 19verb
press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action
"He pushed her to finish her doctorate"
- 20verb
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"
- 21verb
make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
"`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"
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- 22verb
move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
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- 23verb
press against forcefully without moving
"she pushed against the wall with all her strength"
- 24verb
move strenuously and with effort
"The crowd pushed forward"
- 25verb
approach a certain age or speed
"She is pushing fifty"
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- 26verb
sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs)
"The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs"
- 27verb
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!"
- 28verb
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"
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