push

Noun

1. A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.
   • Give the door a hard push if it sticks.
2. An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
   • One more push and the baby will be out.
3. 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.
   • The push to amend the Civil and Commercial Code on marriage is expected to enter parliament on Wednesday. The amendment would allow same-sex marriage […] - 2022 February 9, E. Parpart, N. Patanasophon, “Activists push...
4. An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
5. A force that impels or pressures one to act.
   • I guess it's just the special curse of working under deadline's push - 1984 April 7, “Mousie Mousie Wildflower (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 14:
6. 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. A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score
8. The addition of a data item to the top of a stack.
9. The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request.
   • server push; a push technology
10. A particular crowd or throng or people.
    • Till some wild, excited person Galloped down the township cursing, "Sydney push have mobbed Macpherson, Roll up, Dandaloo!" - 1891, Banjo Paterson, An Evening in Dandaloo:
    • My father […] was soon as unambiguously Australian as any other member of the rough Rugby pushes that in the years before the Great War made up the mixed and liverly world of South Brisbane. - 1994, David Malouf, A...
11. A push shot.
12. An attempt to give momentum to a wrestler's career in the form of victories and/or more screen time.

Noun UK, dialectal

1. A pustule; a pimple.
   • a Push rise upon his Nose - 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Praise:

Verb

1. 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.
   • You need to push quite hard to get this door open.

   Synonyms: press shove thring thrutch

   Antonyms: draw pull tug

2. To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
   • We are pushed for an answer. - December 7, 1710, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner, Number 18
   • December 22, 1711, letter to The Spectator Ambition […] pushes the soul to such actions as are apt to procure honour and reputation to the actor.

   Synonyms: press urge abet actuate goose light a fire under send sting bring about cheer draw drive encourage egg on engender evoke excite foment goad grill ignite impel incite induce

3. To press or urge forward; to drive.
   • to push an objection too far; to push one's luck
   • to push his fortune - 1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, stanza 133:

   Synonyms: drive force

4. To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).
   • Stop pushing the issue — I'm not interested.
   • They're pushing that perfume again.
   • There were two men hanging around the school gates today, pushing drugs.

   Synonyms: advertise promote

5. To continually exert oneself in order to achieve a goal.
   • Don't think that if you keep pushing harder and harder, it will make you succeed faster or earn more. - 2016, JoAnneh Nagler, How to be an artist without losing your mind, your shirt, or your creative compass, →ISBN,...
6. To approach; to come close to.
   • My old car is pushing 250,000 miles.
   • He's pushing sixty.
   • Don't be mad at me 'cause you're pushing thirty / And your old tricks no longer work - 2004, Amy Winehouse, Salaam Remi, “Fuck Me Pumps”, in Frank, performed by Amy Winehouse:

   Synonyms: approach near

7. To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to give birth or defecate.
   • During childbirth, there are times when the obstetrician advises the woman not to push.

   Synonyms: bear down boo-boo cack choke a darkie crap defecate do one's ease ease oneself do a number two do one's easement drite drop a bomb drop a chalupa drop a deuce drop anchor drop the kids off at the pool dung excrementize feceate have a shit move one's bowels pinch a loaf pinch one off poo

8. To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
9. To make a higher bid at an auction.
10. To make an all-in bet.
11. To move (a pawn) directly forward.
12. To add (a data item) to the top of a stack.
    • When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack. - 1992, Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor...

    Antonyms: pop

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