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push🔊

To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.

📑 Synonyms: press shove thring thrutch

To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.

📑 Synonyms: press urge Thesaurus:incite

To press or urge forward; to drive.

📑 Synonyms: drive force

To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).

📑 Synonyms: advertise promote

To continually exert oneself in order to achieve a goal.

(usually in present participle) To approach; to come close to.

📑 Synonyms: approach near

To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to give birth or defecate.

📑 Synonyms: bear down Thesaurus:defecate

To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.

To make a higher bid at an auction.

(poker) To make an all-in bet.

To move (a pawn) directly forward.

(computing) To add (a data item) to the top of a stack.

(computing) To publish (an update, etc.) by transmitting it to other computers.

(obsolete) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.

To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot.

(snooker) 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).

A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.

An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.

A great effort (to do something).

An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.

(figurative) A force that impels or pressures one to act.

(military) 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.

A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score

(computing) The addition of a data item to the top of a stack.

The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request.

(Australia) A particular crowd or throng or people.

(snooker) A push shot.

(slang) An attempt to give momentum to a wrestler's career in the form of victories and/or more screen time.

A push-button, such as a bell push.

(dialect) A pustule; a pimple.