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(v)
(ambitransitive) To bump into or brush against while in motion; to push aside.
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(transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
(n)
A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
(informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
(informal) To work.
(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
(transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
(transitive) To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
(transitive) To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination.
(ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
(transitive) To pull (something) back or back inside.
To operate a vehicle:
(countable) A collection, sometimes hidden.
(adj)
(of a person, predicative only) Angry, distressed, or unhappy
(vulgar, slang) Semen.
(heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
(intransitive) To swim under water.
To make depressed, sad or bored.
(transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.
To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
(space science, NASA) Abbreviation of Chemistry and Mineralogy, an instrument onboard the Curiosity rover at Mars.
An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.
(UK) A discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny (old or new).
A sudden forward motion.
(zoology, agriculture) A male sheep, typically uncastrated.
(nautical) A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
(transitive) To poke, to push, to touch.
To destroy with a bulldozer.
The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and forearm socket.
A gentle push.
To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick.
(less common in the US) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts
An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
(transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
A light blow or jolting collision.
(transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or physical action; to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive or push forward.
Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
(informal) To use one's strength to force oneself through a crowded area.
(intransitive, colloquial) To move aside to make additional room for another person; to scooch or scoot over.
(transitive) To shove harder or better than; outcompete by shoving
The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.
A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
An act of moving (suddenly), as due to a push or shove.
(informal) To leave.
(idiomatic, intransitive) To jump the queue, especially in a forceful manner.
(archaic) To mix with a vertical motion, especially when agitating laundry in a tub.
(transitive, figurative) To treat contemptuously and unfairly; to bully
To push something such that it falls.
A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.
To rudely force one's way in front of another.
An act of jolting.
(intransitive) To extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out.
Obsolete form of book. [A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.]
A strong desire; an itch to do something.
To push or thrust out.
To treat contemptuously and unfairly; to bully
A small amount by which something has changed or moved.
A forward move; improvement or progression.
A surname.
(Scotland, Northern England) A bounce or rebound.
(countable) A hit or strike with one's fist.
(intransitive, figurative) To overcome (pain, discomfort, etc.) by force or willpower.
(anatomy) The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.
(intransitive, colloquial, often imperative) To go away; to get lost.
(transitive) To generate pressure on (someone or something); to challenge.
(intransitive) To continue to act or do something, especially with a lot of effort
(obsolete) To poke or thrust.
(intransitive) To become apparent in an unwelcome way, to be forcibly imposed; to jut in, to intrude (on or into).
Synonym of push in (“to jump the queue”).
(intransitive) To push its way outward.
A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
(transitive, Northern England, Scotland) To thrust; crowd; press; squeeze.
The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
(idiomatic) To persist, persevere.
(transitive) To shake roughly or violently.
(idiomatic, colloquial, euphemistic, vulgar) To express extreme anger, disgust, or hatred toward someone.
(slang, dated) To pass counterfeit money.
(countable, also figuratively) A rapid or uncontrolled movement; a dash, a rush.
An indication of potential or imminent danger.
(chiefly Australia, mineralogy, gemmology) A type of rough opal without colour, and therefore not worth selling.
A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
(UK dialectal, Northern England) To push; press; shove; thrust.
jolt, shake (brisk movement)
(transitive) To throw (something) with force.
(transitive and intransitive) Alternative form of shoogle. [(transitive, Scotland, Northern England) To shake or rock rapidly.]
(transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.
An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
(often figurative, transitive) To bully, to intimidate; to coerce, to muscle.
(biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
Involving physical conflict.
(adv)
(not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
A Scottish nickname usually applied to people with the first name Hew or Hugh or other spellings of this name.