📖 WordNook

thrust

noun
  1. the act of applying force to propel something
    drive
  2. a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
    jabpokejabbingpokingthrusting
  3. a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
    stab
  4. verbal criticism
    “The paper enlivened their editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians.”
  5. the force used in pushing
    push
verb
  1. impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
    force
  2. penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
    pierce
  3. place or put with great energy
    throw
  4. push forcefully
    “They thrust their chin forward.”
  5. make a thrusting forward movement
    hurl
  6. press or force
    shovesqueezestuff
  7. push upward
    “The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air”
    push uppush upboost up
  8. force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock