Meaning

14 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.

    Give the door a hard push if it sticks.

    Schubs, Stoß

    толчо́кtolčók

    по́штовхpóštovx

    the force used in pushing

  2. (countable, uncountable)An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.

    One more push and the baby will be out.

    Druck

    the act of applying force in order to move something away

  3. (countable, uncountable)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.

    an effort to advance

  4. (countable, uncountable)An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.

  5. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A force that impels or pressures one to act.

  6. (countable, uncountable)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.

  7. (countable, uncountable)A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score

  8. (countable, uncountable)The addition of a data item to the top of a stack.

  9. (Internet, uncountable)The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request.

    server push; a push technology

  10. (countable, uncountable)A push shot.

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

  12. (countable, uncountable)A push-button, such as a bell push.

Examples

1290 sentences
  1. She pushed him out the door.

    Вона виштовхала його за двері. — shanghainese

    ruОна выставила его за дверь. — marafon

    deSie schob ihn zur Tür hinaus. — Yorwba

  2. She pushed him out the window.

    Вона виштовхнула його з вікна. — tikan0

    ruОна вытолкнула его из окна. — marafon

    deSie stieß ihn zum Fenster hinaus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Tom pushed Mary out the door.

    Том відштовхнув Мері від дверей. — deniko

    ruТом вытолкнул Мэри из двери. — sharptoothed

  4. Tom almost pushed the wrong button.

    Том ледве не натиснув не на ту кнопку. — shanghainese

    ruТом чуть не нажал на неверную кнопку. — odexed

    deTom hätte fast den falschen Knopf gedrückt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Tom pushed me into the pool.

    Том штвовхнув мене в басейн. — deniko

    deTom hat mich ins Schwimmbecken geschubst. — brauchinet

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
short, directed application of force; act of pushing:
Русский
By meaning 1
short, directed application of force; act of pushing:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
short, directed application of force; act of pushing:
act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents:

Origin

From Middle English pushen, poshen, posson, borrowed from Middle French pousser (Modern Fr

From Middle English pushen, poshen, posson, borrowed from Middle French pousser (Modern French pousser) from Old French poulser, from Latin pulsare (“to beat, strike”), frequentative of pellere (past participle pulsus). Doublet of pulsate and pulse (verb). Partly displaced native Old English sċūfan, whence Modern English shove.

Probably French poche. See pouch.

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Forms

plural: pushes
Singularpush
Pluralpushes

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of applying force in order to move something away:pushing
  • the force used in pushing:thrust
  • an electrical switch operated by pressing:push buttonbutton
  • enterprising or ambitious drive:energyget-up-and-go

Word family

34 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • push the button
  • push this button
  • pushed the door
  • pushed open the
  • pushed the wrong
  • thirty push ups
  • push ups every
  • button to push
  • pushed open
  • does thirty push
  • push the car
  • and pushed the

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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