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9 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Push \Push\, n. A crowd; a company or clique of associates; a gang. [Slang] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Push \Push\, n. [Probably F. poche. See {Pouch}.] A pustule; a pimple. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Bacon. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Push \Push\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pushed}; p. pr & vb n. {Pushing}.] [OE. possen, pussen F. pousser, fr L. pulsare, v. intens. fr pellere pulsum to beat knock, push See {Pulse} a beating, and cf {Pursy}.] 1. To press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; -- opposed to {draw}. Sidelong had pushed a mountain from his seat. --Milton. 2. To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore. If the ox shall push a manservant or maidservant, . . . the ox shall be stoned. --Ex. xxi. 32. 3. To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection too far `` To push his fortune.'' --Dryden. Ambition pushes the soul to such actions as are apt to procure honor to the actor. --Spectator. We are pushed for an answer. --Swift. 4. To bear hard upon to perplex; to embarrass. 5. To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease. {To push down}, to overthrow by pushing or impulse. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Push \Push\, n. 1. A thrust with a pointed instrument, or with the end of a thing 2. Any thrust. pressure, impulse, or force, or force applied; a shove; as to give the ball the first push 3. An assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence the time or occasion for action Exact reformation is not perfected at the first push --Milton. When it comes to the push 'tis no more than talk. --L' Estrange. 4. The faculty of overcoming obstacles; aggressive energy; as he has push or he has no push [Colloq.] Syn: See {Thrust}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Push \Push\, v. i. 1. To make a thrust; to shove; as to push with the horns or with a sword. --Shak. 2. To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic; as a man must push in order to succeed. At the time of the end shall the kind of the south push at him and the king of the north shall come against him --Dan. xi 40. War seemed asleep for nine long years; at length Both sides resolved to push we tried our strength. --Dryden. 3. To burst pot, as a bud or shoot. {To push on}, to drive or urge forward; to hasten. The rider pushed on at a rapid pace. --Sir W. Scott. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: push n 1: the act of applying force in order to move something away "he gave the door a hard push"; "the pushing is good exercise" [syn: {pushing}] 2: the force used in pushing; "the push of the water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines" [syn: {thrust}] 3: enterprising or ambitious drive; "Europeans often laugh at American energy" [syn: {energy}, {get-up-and-go}] 4: an electrical switch operated by pressing a button; "the elevator was operated by push buttons"; "the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk" [syn: {push button}, {button}] 5: an effort to advance; "the army made a push toward the sea" v 1: move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"; "She pushed her chin out" [syn: {force}] [ant: {pull}] 2: press, drive, or impel to action "He pushed her to finish her doctorate" [syn: {bear on}] 3: make publicity for try to sell [syn: {advertize}, {promote}] 4: exert oneself; "She tugged for years to make a decent living" [syn: {tug}, {labor}, {labour}, {drive}] 5: press against forcefully without being able to move 6: approach a certain age or speed: "She is pushing fifty" [syn: {crowd}] 7: engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; "She is crusading for women's rights" [syn: {crusade}, {fight}, {campaign}, {agitate}] 8: exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end "The liberal party pushed for reforms" [syn: {press}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: push [from the operation that puts the current information on a stack, and the fact that procedure return addresses are saved on a stack] (Also PUSH /push/ or PUSHJ /push'J/, the latter based on the PDP-10 procedure call instruction.) 1. To put something onto a {stack} or {PDL}. If one says that something has been pushed onto one's stack, it means that the Damoclean list of things hanging over ones's head has grown longer and heavier yet This may also imply that one will deal with it _before_ other pending items; otherwise one might say that the thing was `added to my queue'. 2. vi To enter upon a digression, to save the current discussion for later Antonym of {pop}; see also {stack}, {PDL}. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: push 1.To put something onto a {stack} or {pdl}. Opposite: "{pop}". 2. {push media}. [{Jargon File}] (1997-04-10) From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: PUSH n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The other is Pull
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