Dictionary Definition
push
Noun
1 the act of applying force in order to move
something away; "he gave the door a hard push"; "the pushing is
good exercise" [syn: pushing]
2 the force used in pushing; "the push of the
water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines"
[syn: thrust]
3 enterprising or ambitious drive; "Europeans
often laugh at American energy" [syn: energy, get-up-and-go]
4 an electrical switch operated by pressing a
button; "the elevator was operated by push buttons"; "the push
beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk" [syn: push button,
button]
5 an effort to advance; "the army made a push
toward the sea"
Verb
2 press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or
completion of an action; "He pushed her to finish her doctorate"
[syn: bear
on]
3 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" [syn: advertise, advertize, promote]
4 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!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral
thesis" [syn: tug, labor, labour, drive]
5 press against forcefully without being able to
move; "she pushed against the wall with all her strength"
6 approach a certain age or speed; "She is
pushing fifty" [syn: crowd]
7 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"; "The Dean is
pushing for his favorite candidate" [syn: crusade, fight, press, campaign, agitate]
8 sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such
as drugs); "The guy hanging around the school is pushing
drugs"
9 move strenuously and with effort; "The crowd
pushed forward"
10 make strenuous pushing movements during birth
to expel the baby; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"
[syn: press]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- , pʊʃ, /pUS/
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- Rhymes: -ʊʃ
Verb
- To apply a force to
(an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing
applying the force.
- In his anger he pushed me against the wall and threatened me.
- To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
- To continually attempt to promote (a point of view).
- Stop pushing the issue — I'm not interested.
- To promote a
product with the
intention of selling it.
- They're pushing that perfume again.
- There were two men hanging around the school gates today, pushing drugs.
- They're pushing that perfume again.
- In the context of "informal|transitive": To approach; to come close to.
- My old car is pushing 250,000 miles.
- He's pushing sixty. (= he's nearly sixty years old)
- My old car is pushing 250,000 miles.
- To apply a force to an
object such that it moves away from the person applying the
force.
- You need to push quite hard to get this door open.
- To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
- During childbirth, there are times when the obstetrician advises the woman not to push.
- To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
- To make a higher bid at an auction
Synonyms
- (transitive: apply a force to (an object) so it moves away): press, shove
- (continue to attempt to persuade): press, urge
- (continue to attempt to promote (a point of view)): press
- (promote a product with the intention of selling it): advertise, promote
- (come close to): approach, near
- (intransitive: apply force to an object so that it moves away): press, shove
- (tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to expel its contents): bear down
- (intransitive: to continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action):
Derived terms
Translations
transitive: apply a force to (an object) so that
it moves away
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 推 (tuī)
- Czech: tlačit
- Dutch: duwen
- Finnish: työntää
- French: pousser
- German: drücken, schieben, stoßen
- Hungarian: tolni, megtolni, lökni
- Ido: pulsar
- Italian: spingere
- Japanese: 押す (おす, osu)
- Korean: 밀다 (milda)
- Kurdish:
- Latin: pellere
- Norwegian: dytte, skubbe
- Old English: scūfan
- Polish: pchnąć, popchnąć
- Portuguese: empurrar
- Romanian: împinge, apăsa
- Russian: толкать (tolkát’)
- Slovene: potiskati
- Spanish: empujar
- Swahili: kusukuma
- Swedish: skjuta på
- Telugu: నెట్టు (neTTu), తోయు (tOyu)
continually attempt to persuade (a person)
- German: drängen
- Kurdish:
continually attempt to promote (a point of view)
- Kurdish:
promote (a product)
intransitive: apply force to an object so that
it moves away
intransitive: tense the muscles of the abdomen
- German: drücken
(intrans.) continue to attempt to persuade a
person into a particular course of action
try to skip positions in a queue
- German: drängeln, sich vordrängeln
Noun
- A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.
- Give the door a hard push if it sticks.
- An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel
its contents.
- One more push and the baby will be out.
- A great effort (to do something).
- Some details got lost in the push to get the project done.
- Let's give one last push on our advertising campaign.
- Some details got lost in the push to get the project done.
- 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
Derived terms
Translations
short, directed application of force; act of
pushing
act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in
order to expel its contents
great effort (to do something)
military: marching or drill maneuvre
Extensive Definition
Push may refer to:
In arts and media:
- "Push" (song), by Matchbox Twenty
- "Push" (Enrique Iglesias song), Enrique Iglesias song that features Lil Wayne from his album Insomniac
- Push (Bros album), a 1988 debut album by UK boy band Bros
- Push (Gruntruck album), a 1992 album by Gruntruck
- Push (film), a 2008 film by Paul McGuigan
- Push, Nevada, a 2002 television series
- Sydney Push, an intellectual subculture in Sydney, Australia
- Push!!, a Japanese magazine that covers eroge
- Push (TV series), a 1998 short lived TV series starring Jaime Pressly
- "Push", a song by Dio from the 2002 album Killing the Dragon
- Push, a 1996 novel by Sapphire
- Push, a force power in the Star Wars universe
- Mike Dierickx, a Belgian DJ also known as Push
- PUSH (university guide), a company providing information of prospective university students in the UK.
In gambling:
- When the player and the dealer have the same point value in blackjack
- A game in sports betting that is tied when the point spread is factored in
In sports:
- Double push, an inline speed skating technique
- Push (professional wrestling), terminology used in professional wrestling
In technology:
- A command used to add an item to a stack in computer science
- Push technology, a method of content delivery in server technologies
- Push to talk, a method of conversing in telephony
- Push processing, a technique for increasing the speed of film in photography
Other:
- Cost push inflation, a type of inflation
- Rainbow/PUSH, a non-profit organization with social mission
- Rocks Push, a criminal gang operating in the The Rocks area of Sydney, Australia
- An uncontrollable outward push sensation or swelling, as in Ménière's disease
- Push the Talking Trash Can, a radio controlled robot found at several Disney theme parks, including Disneyland and Magic Kingdom
push in Dutch: Push
push in Portuguese: Push
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accelerate, actuate, advance, advance against,
advance upon, adventuresomeness,
adventurousness,
advertise, advocate, aggrandize, aggravated
assault, aggression,
aggressiveness,
ambition, ambitiousness, amperage, amphibious attack,
apply pressure, armed assault, armipotence, ask, assailing, assailment, assault, attack, augment, authority, badger, ballyhoo, bang, banzai attack, bear, bear down upon, bear upon,
bearing, beat it,
beef, beef up, beg, beset, besiege, black power,
black-market, black-marketeer, blandish, blitz, blitzkrieg, boost, bootleg, bowl, breakthrough, browbeat, brush aside, brush
off, brute force, buck,
bug, build, bull, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, bump, bump against, bunch, bundle, bunt, burden, bustle, butt, butt against, buttonhole, cajole, call on, call upon,
campaign, charge, charisma, circle, climacteric, clout, clutch, coax, coerce, cogence, cogency, compel, compound, compulsion, constrain, constraint, continue, convergence of
events, counterattack, counteroffensive, coup
de main, cow, cram, crippling attack, crisis, critical juncture,
critical point, crossroads, crowd, crucial period, crunch, crush, dash, dead set at, deny, depart, depress, descent on, determination, die trying,
dig, dint, dismissal, dispatch, diversion, diversionary
attack, domineer,
dragoon, drive, drive on, driving force,
drove, dun, duress, dynamism, eagerness, effect, effectiveness, effectuality, effort, egg on, elbow, emergency, encourage, energy, enlarge, enterprise, enterprisingness,
enthusiasm, entreat, exert pressure,
exhort, exigency, expand, expedite, extremity, fence, fire, flank, flank attack, flower power,
foray, force, force majeure, forcefulness, forge ahead,
forward, frontal attack,
full blast, full force, gas,
gas attack, get, get moving,
get-up-and-get, get-up-and-go, getup, ginger, go, go ahead, go all out, go away, go
slow, go-ahead, go-getting, go-to-itiveness, goad, group, gumption, harass, haste, hasten, hasten on, head, head-on attack, hie on,
high-pressure, hinge, hit
the road, horde, hound, hunch, hurry, hurry along, hurry on,
hurry up, hurtle,
hustle, hustle up,
hype, impel, impetus, importune, impulse, impulsion, incentive, inch forward,
incitation, incite, incitement, incursion, induce, infiltrate, infiltration, influence, initiative, insist, insist upon, instigation, intimidate, invasion, jab, jam, jawbone, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, kick, launch, launch an attack,
leave, light out,
lightning attack, lightning war, lobby, lot, magnify, main force, main
strength, make, make things
hum, mana, march against,
march upon, mass attack, megadeath, might, might and main, mightiness, mobilize, moonshine, motivate, motive power, mount
an attack, move, moxie, muddle through, mugging, multitude, muscle power,
nag, nag at, notice, nudge, offense, offensive, onset, onslaught, open an offensive,
overburden, overkill, oversell, overstrain, overtax, panzer warfare,
pass, pedal, peddle, pep, pepper, persuade, pester, pile drive, pinch, piss and vinegar, pizzazz, plague, plead with, plug, ply, poke, pole, poop, potence, potency, potentiality, power, power pack, power
structure, power struggle, powerfulness, precipitate, prepotency, press, press forward, press on,
pressure, proceed, prod, productiveness, productivity, promote, prompt, propagandize, propel, propellant, propelling, propelment, propulsion, publicize, puff, puissance, pull, pulsion, punch, push forward, push off,
push on, push through, pushfulness, pushiness, pushing, pushingness, quicken, raid, railroad, railroad through,
ram, ram down, rash impulse,
rattle, rebuff, recommend, reject, roll, rouse, row, rub, run, run against, run at, rush, rush along, sail away,
sally, scram, scramble, set, set in motion, shake, shock tactics, shoot ahead,
shoulder, shove, shove off, shoving, shunt, sinew, skedaddle, snap, soft-soap, sortie, speed, speed along, speed up,
spirit, spunk, spur, squab, squash, squeeze, squish, stampede, starch, steam, step lively, stimulate, strain, strait, strength, stress, strike, strong arm, superiority, superpower, sweep, sweep along, sweet-talk,
take off, tamp, tax, tease, the boot, the sack,
throng, thrust, torment, treadle, troll, trundle, try, try again, try and try, try
hard, turn, turning point,
tyrannize, unprovoked
assault, up-and-comingness, urge, urgency, validity, vehemence, venturesomeness,
venturousness,
verve, vigor, vim, virility, virtue, virulence, vitality, walking papers,
wattage, weight, wheedle, whip, whip along, work on, zeal, zing, zip