"push wood" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: pushes wood [present, singular, third-person], pushing wood [participle, present], pushed wood [participle, past], pushed wood [past]
Etymology: From the pushing (moving) of (wooden) chess pieces on a (wooden) chessboard. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} push wood (third-person singular simple present pushes wood, present participle pushing wood, simple past and past participle pushed wood)
  1. (intransitive, slang) To play chess. Tags: intransitive, slang Categories (topical): Chess Related terms: woodpusher
    Sense id: en-push_wood-en-verb-WhDz50GL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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