Meaning

1 senses

  1. The act by which something is pushed.

    We were soon separated by the pushings and shovings of the crowd.

More definitions
  • the act of applying force in order to move something away

Translations

1 languages

Forms

plural: pushings
Singularpushing
Pluralpushings

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of applying force in order to move something away:push

Word family

4 related words
Relatedpush
Derivedpushing-jackpushing schoolsquare-pushing

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
puspushA1pusherpushoverpushypusspussy

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