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English

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishpushen,poshen,posson, borrowed fromMiddle Frenchpousser (Modern Frenchpousser) fromOld Frenchpoulser, fromLatinpulsare(“to beat, strike”), frequentative ofpellere (past participlepulsus).Doublet ofpulsate andpulse(verb). Partly displaced nativeOld Englishsċūfan, whenceModern Englishshove.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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push (third-person singular simple presentpushes,present participlepushing,simple past and past participlepushed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To apply aforce to (an object) such that it movesaway from the person or thing applying the force.
    Synonyms:press,shove,thring,thrutch
    Antonyms:draw,pull,tug
    In his anger hepushed me against the wall and threatened me.
    You need topush quite hard to get this door open.
  2. (transitive) To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
    Synonyms:press,urge;see alsoThesaurus:incite,Thesaurus:persuade
    • December 7, 1710,Jonathan Swift,The Examiner, Number 18
      We arepushed for an answer.
    • December 22, 1711, letter toThe Spectator
      Ambition […] pushes the soul to such actions as are apt to procure honour and reputation to the actor.
  3. (transitive) Topress orurge forward; todrive.
    Synonyms:drive,force
    topush an objection too far; topush one's luck
  4. (transitive) To continuallypromote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).
    Synonyms:advertise,promote
    Stoppushing the issue — I'm not interested.
    They'repushing that perfume again.
    There were two men hanging around the school gates today,pushing drugs.
    • 1982 December 11,Frances Russell, “Economic performance buoys Pawley’s position”, inThe Vancouver Sun (The Weekend Sun), Vancouver, BC, page A6:
      Earlier the premier had rejected outright suggestions, apparently beingpushed by up to a third of the government’s 33-member caucus, that the government forget the deficit and launch a major public initiative to stimulate the economy.
  5. (intransitive) To continuallyexert oneself in order to achieve a goal.
    • 2016, JoAnneh Nagler,How to be an artist without losing your mind, your shirt, or your creative compass,→ISBN, page91:
      Don't think that if you keeppushing harder and harder, it will make you succeed faster or earn more.
  6. (informal, transitive, usually in present participle) Toapproach; to come close to.
    Synonyms:approach,near
    My old car ispushing 250,000 miles.
    He'spushing sixty. ―He's nearly sixty years old.
    • 2004,Amy Winehouse,Salaam Remi, “Fuck Me Pumps”, inFrank, performed byAmy Winehouse:
      Don't be mad at me 'cause you'repushing thirty / And your old tricks no longer work
    • 2023 October 7, Ajesh Patalay, quoting Jon Kung, “The Naked Chef 2.0”, inFT Weekend‎[2], HTSI, page77:
      “I'mpushing 40 and on TikTok,” he says. “I feel old every day.”
  7. (intransitive) To tense the muscles in theabdomen in order togive birth ordefecate.
    Synonyms:bear down;see alsoThesaurus:defecate
    During childbirth, there are times when the obstetrician advises the woman not topush.
  8. (intransitive) To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
  9. To make a higherbid at anauction.
  10. (poker) To make anall-inbet.
  11. (chess, transitive) To move (apawn) directlyforward.
  12. (computing) To add (a data item) to the top of astack.
    Antonym:pop
    • 1992, Michael A. Miller,The 68000 Microprocessor Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications, page47:
      When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register andpushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack.
  13. (computing) Topublish (an update, etc.) by transmitting it to other computers.
    • 2002, Lars Powers, Mike Snell,Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to the .NET Framework Class Library, page968:
      Because this version of the Windows Installer is aware of the GAC, it has the capability to publish components into it.[…] You can manually or programmaticallypush an assembly into the GAC by using the command-line tool Gacutil.exe.
  14. (obsolete) To thrust the points of the horns against; togore.
  15. To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot.
  16. (snooker) To strike thecue ball in such a way that it stays in contact with thecue andobject ball at the same time (a foul shot).
Conjugation
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Conjugation ofpush
infinitive(to)push
present tensepast tense
1st-personsingularpushpushed
2nd-personsingularpush,pushest†pushed,pushedst†
3rd-personsingularpushes,pusheth†pushed
pluralpush
subjunctivepushpushed
imperativepush—
participlespushingpushed
Derived terms
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Phrasal verbs
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Translations
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to apply a force to something so that it moves away—see alsoshove,‎push away
to continually attempt to persuade into a particular action
to press or urge forward; to drive
to continually attempt to promote point of view, product etc.
to approach; to come close to
intransitive: to tense the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents
to make a higher bid at an auction
poker: to make an all-in bet
chess: 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
to thrust the points of the horns against—seegore
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

Noun

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push (countable anduncountable,pluralpushes)

  1. A short, directed application offorce; an act of pushing.
    Give the door a hardpush if it sticks.
  2. An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
    One morepush and the baby will be out.
  3. Agreateffort (to do something).
    Some details got lost in thepush to get the project done.
    Let's give one lastpush on our advertising campaign.
    • 2022 February 9, E. Parpart, N. Patanasophon, “Activists push for new ammendment that would give marital rights for all”, inThai Enquirer‎[3], retrieved9 February 2022:
      Thepush to amend the Civil and Commercial Code on marriage is expected to enter parliament on Wednesday. The amendment would allow same-sex marriage[…]
  4. An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
  5. (figurative) A force that impels or pressures one to act.
    • 1984 April 7, “Mousie Mousie Wildflower (personal advertisement)”, inGay Community News, page14:
      I guess it's just
      the special curse
      of working under
      deadline'spush
  6. (military) Amarching ordrillmaneuver/manoeuvre performed by moving aformation (especially acompany front)forward ortoward theaudience, usually to accompany a dramaticclimax orcrescendo in the music.
  7. A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score
  8. (computing) The addition of a data item to the top of astack.
  9. (Internet, uncountable) The situation where aserver sends data to aclient without waiting for a request.
    serverpush; apush technology
  10. (slang, UK, obsolete, now chiefly Australia) A particularcrowd orthrong or people.
    • 1891, Banjo Paterson,An Evening in Dandaloo:
      Till some wild, excited person
      Galloped down the township cursing,
      "Sydneypush have mobbed Macpherson,
      Roll up, Dandaloo!"
    • 1994,David Malouf,A First Place, Vintage, published2015, page37:
      My father[…] was soon as unambiguously Australian as any other member of the rough Rugbypushes that in the years before the Great War made up the mixed and liverly world of South Brisbane.
  11. (snooker) Apush shot.
  12. (professional wrestling slang) An attempt to givemomentum to awrestler'scareer in the form ofvictories and/or morescreen time.
  13. Apush-button, such as abell push.
    • 1952 February, “New Third Class Sleeping Cars”, inRailway Magazine, page87:
      A bell circuit, fed from the train lighting battery, is connected to apush in each berth and functions in conjunction with a luminous indicator mounted over the door and in association with a cancellationpush, for use by the car attendant.
Derived terms
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Translations
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short, directed application of force; act of pushing—see alsoshove
act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents
great effort (to do something)
attempt to persuade someone
military: marching or drill maneuver

Etymology 2

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ProbablyFrenchpoche. Seepouch.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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push (pluralpushes)

  1. (obsolete, UK, dialect) Apustule; apimple.

References

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  1. ^Brandes, Paul D., and Jeutonne Brewer. 1977.Dialect clash in America: Issues and answers. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press.

Anagrams

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Albanian

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Etymology

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FromProto-Albanian*puša, from*puksja, fromProto-Indo-European*pewk-(“covered with hair, bushy”). Related toSanskritपुच्छ(púccha,“tail”),Proto-Slavic*puxъ(“down”).[1]

Noun

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push m (pluralpusha,definitepushi,definite pluralpushat)

  1. lighthair,fluff,down,nap,pile

Declension

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References

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  1. ^Oryol, Vladimir E. (2000),A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill,→ISBN, page85

Chinese

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Etymology

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FromEnglishpush, via推(teoi1,“to bump a thread in support”, literally“to push”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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push

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internetslang) tobump athread in support

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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See also

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Unami

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Etymology

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Interjection

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push

  1. shoo!git!(used to usher away cats)

References

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  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “push”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors,The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
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