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push
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English pushen, poshen, posson, borrowed from Middle French pousser (Modern French pousser) from Old French poulser, from Latin pulsare, frequentative of pellere (past participle pulsus) "to beat, strike". Doublet of pulsate. Displaced native Middle English thrucchen ("to push"; > Modern English thrutch) (from Old English þryccan (“to push”)), Middle English scauten (“to push, thrust”) (from Old Norse skota), Middle English thuden, thudden (“to push, press, thrust”) (from Old English þ?dan, þyddan (“to thrust, press, push”)). Partially displaced Middle English schoven (“to push, shove”) (from Old English scofian), Middle English schuven (“to shove, push”) (from Old English sc?fan, sc?ofan (“to shove, push, thrust”))
Pronunciation
- enPR: po?osh, IPA(key): /p??/
- (Appalachian) IPA(key): [pu?]
- IPA(key): [p???]
- Rhymes: -??
Verb
push (third-person singular simple present pushes, present participle pushing, simple past and past participle pushed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
- (transitive) To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
- December 7, 1710, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner, Number 18
- We are pushed for an answer.
- 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.
- December 7, 1710, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner, Number 18
- (transitive) To press or urge forward; to drive.
- to push his fortune
- (transitive) To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).
- (intransitive) To continually exert oneself in order to achieve a goal.
- (informal, transitive) To approach; to come close to.
- (= he's nearly sixty years old)
- (intransitive) To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
- (intransitive) To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
- To make a higher bid at an auction.
- (poker) To make an all-in bet.
- (chess, transitive) 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.
- (obsolete) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
- If the ox shall push a manservant or maidservant, […] the ox shall be stoned.
- 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 (a foul shot).
Synonyms
- (transitive: apply a force to (an object) so it moves away): press, shove, thrutch
- (continue to attempt to persuade): press, urge
- (continue to promote): press, advertise, promote
- (come close to): approach, near
- (intransitive: apply force to an object so that it moves away): press, shove, thring
- (tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to expel its contents): bear down
Antonyms
- (apply a force to something so it moves away): draw, pull, tug
- (put onto a stack): pop
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- pedal pushers
- push it
Translations
Noun
push (countable and uncountable, plural pushes)
- A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.
- An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
- A great effort (to do something).
- An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
- (military) 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
- (computing) The addition of a data item to the top of a stack.
- (Internet, uncountable) The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request.
- (slang, Britain, obsolete, now chiefly Australia) A particular crowd or throng or people.
- 1891, Banjo Paterson, An Evening in Dandaloo
- Till some wild, excited person
- Galloped down the township cursing,
- "Sydney push have mobbed Macpherson,
- Roll up, Dandaloo!"
- 1994, David Malouf, A First Place, Vintage 2015, p. 37:
- 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.
- 1891, Banjo Paterson, An Evening in Dandaloo
- (snooker) A foul shot in which the cue ball is in contact with the cue and the object ball at the same time
Derived terms
- give someone the push
- push factor
Translations
Etymology 2
Probably French poche. See pouch.
Pronunciation
Noun
push (plural pushes)
- (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A pustule; a pimple.
- Template:RQ:Bacon Of Praise
- a Push rise upon his Nose
- Template:RQ:Bacon Of Praise
References
- push in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- push at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- PHUs, Phus, shup
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *puša, from *puksja, from Proto-Indo-European *pewk- (“covered with hair, bushy”). Related to Sanskrit ????? (púccha, “tail”), Proto-Slavic *pux? (“down”).
Noun
push m (indefinite plural pusha, definite singular pushi, definite plural pushat)
- light hair, fluff, down, nap, pile
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scuffle
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sk?f?l/
- Rhymes: -?f?l
- Hyphenation: scuf?fle
Etymology 1
Possibly of North Germanic/Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish skuff (“a push”) and skuffa (“to push”), from the Proto-Germanic base *skuf- (sku?), from Proto-Indo-European *skewb?-, see also Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”), Polish skuba? (“to pluck”), Albanian humb (“to lose”).
Noun
scuffle (plural scuffles)
- A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.
- (archaic) A child's pinafore or bib.
Translations
Verb
scuffle (third-person singular simple present scuffles, present participle scuffling, simple past and past participle scuffled)
- (intransitive) To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.
- (intransitive) To walk with a shuffling gait.
- (slang) To make a living with difficulty, getting by on a low income, to struggle financially.
Translations
Etymology 2
A borrowing from Dutch schoffel.
Noun
scuffle (plural scuffles)
- A Dutch hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling.
Synonyms
- (Dutch hoe): scuffle hoe
Translations
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
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