push

In his anger he pushed me against the wall and threatened me.

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

(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.

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.

(transitive) To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.

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:

(transitive) To press or urge forward; to drive.

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.

Earlier the premier had rejected outright suggestions, apparently being pushed by up to a third of the government’s 33-member caucus, that the government forget the deficit and launch a major public initiative to stimulate the economy.

1982 December 11, Frances Russell, “Economic performance buoys Pawley’s position”, in The Vancouver Sun (The Weekend Sun), Vancouver, BC, page A6:

(transitive) To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).

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, page 91:

(intransitive) To continually exert oneself in order to achieve a goal.

My old car is pushing 250,000 miles.

He's pushing sixty. ― He's nearly sixty years old.

“I'm pushing 40 and on TikTok,” he says. “I feel old every day.”

2023 October 7, Ajesh Patalay, quoting Jon Kung, “The Naked Chef 2.0”, in FT Weekend, HTSI, page 77:

(informal, transitive, usually in present participle) To approach; to come close to.

During childbirth, there are times when the obstetrician advises the woman not to push.

(intransitive) To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to give birth or defecate.

(intransitive) To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.

(chess, transitive) To move (a pawn) directly forward.

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 Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications, page 47:

(computing) To add (a data item) to the top of a stack.

Because this version of the Windows Installer is aware of the GAC, it has the capability to publish components into it. […] You can manually or programmatically push an assembly into the GAC by using the command-line tool Gacutil.exe.

2002, Lars Powers, Mike Snell, Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to the .NET Framework Class Library, page 968:

(computing) To publish (an update, etc.) by transmitting it to other computers.

If the ox shall push a manservant or maidservant, […] the ox shall be stoned.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 21:32:

(obsolete) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.

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).

en-verb

push (third-person singular simple present pushes, present participle pushing, simple past and past participle pushed)

pushes (present singular third-person)
pushing (participle present)
pushed (participle past)
pushed (past)
push (infinitive)

shtyj

to apply a force to something so that it moves away

притискам

to continually attempt to persuade into a particular action

промоцирам

to continually attempt to promote point of view, product etc.

tlačit

intransitive: to tense the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents

työntää

computing: to add a data item to the top of a stack

työntää

computing: to publish an update, etc. by transmitting it to other computers

puhjeta

to burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot

työntää

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

From Middle English pushen, poshen, posson, borrowed from Middle French pousser (Modern French pousser) from Old French poulser, from Latin pulsare (“to beat, strike”), frequentative of pellere (past participle pulsus). Doublet of pulsate and pulse (verb). Partly displaced native Old English sċūfan, whence Modern English shove.


push

Give the door a hard push if it sticks.

A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.

One more push and the baby will be out.

An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.

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 for new ammendment that would give marital rights for all”, in Thai Enquirer, retrieved 2022-02-09:

An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.

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:

(figurative) A force that impels or pressures one to act.

(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.

server push; a push technology

(Internet, uncountable) The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request.

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 First Place, Vintage, published 2015, page 37:

(slang, UK, obsolete, now chiefly Australia) A particular crowd or throng or people.

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

(professional wrestling slang) An attempt to give momentum to a wrestler's career in the form of victories and/or more screen time.

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.

1952 February, “New Third Class Sleeping Cars”, in Railway Magazine, page 87:

en-noun

push (countable and uncountable, plural pushes)

shtyrje

short, directed application of force; act of pushing


push

a Push rise upon his Nose

(obsolete, UK, dialect) A pustule; a pimple.