Meaning of push | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.
   countable, uncountable
2. A pustule; a pimple.
   UK, dialectal, obsolete
3. A surname.
4. An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
   countable, uncountable
5. A great effort (to do something).
   countable, uncountable
6. An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
   countable, uncountable
7. A force that impels or pressures one to act.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
8. 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.
   countable, uncountable
9. A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score
   countable, uncountable
10. The addition of a data item to the top of a stack.
    countable, uncountable
11. The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request.
    Internet, uncountable
12. A particular crowd or throng or people.
    Australia, UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable
13. A push shot.
    countable, uncountable
14. An attempt to give momentum to a wrestler's career in the form of victories and/or more screen time.
    countable, slang, uncountable
15. A push-button, such as a bell push.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Give the door a hard push if it sticks.”

“One more push and the baby will be out.”

“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 […]”

“I guess it's just the special curse of working under deadline's push”

“server push; a push technology”

“Till some wild, excited person Galloped down the township cursing, "Sydney push have mobbed Macpherson, Roll up, 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.”

“A bell circuit, fed from the train lighting battery, is connected to a push in each berth and functions in conjunction with a luminous indicator mounted over the door and in association with a cancellation push, for use by the car attendant.”

“a Push rise upon his Nose”

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