thrust

Plural: thrusts

Noun

• the force used in pushing
  • "the thrust of the jet engines"
• a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
• the act of applying force to propel something
• verbal criticism
  • "he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians"
• a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
  • "he made a thrusting motion with his fist"
• An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
• A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
• The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
• The primary effort; the goal.

Verb

Verb Forms: thrust, thrusting, thrusts

• To push something or someone forcibly in a specified direction.
• push forcefully
  • "He thrust his chin forward"
• press or force
  • "She thrust the letter into his hand"
• make a thrusting forward movement
• impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
• penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
• force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
• push upward
  • "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air"
• place or put with great energy
  • "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"
• To make advance with force.
• To force something upon someone.
• To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
• To push or drive with force; to shove.
• To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
• To stab; to pierce; usually with through.

Examples

• He thrust his arm into the icy stream and grabbed a wriggling fish, astounding the observers.
• He used a blank to THRUST a ’J’ onto the triple word score.
• I asked her not to thrust the responsibility on me.
• Ostensibly, the class was about public health in general, but the main thrust was really sex education.
• Pierre was a master swordsman, and could parry the thrusts of lesser men with barely a thought.
• Spacecraft are engineering marvels, designed to resist the thrust of liftoff, as well as the reverse pressure of the void.
• The cutpurse tried to knock her satchel from her hands, but she avoided his thrust and yelled, "Thief!"
• to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument
• Towers thrusting skyward.
• We thrust at the enemy with our forces.

Synonyms

drive, driving force, force, hurl, hurtle, jab, jabbing, knife thrust, lunge, pierce, poke, poking, push, push up, shove, squeeze, stab, stuff, throw, thrusting, attack, break, break in, charge, chef, chib, ching, chive, compel, dart, enthrill, focus, foin, force in, gist, gore, grab, gride, job, juke, kebab, knifecrime, lancinate, lift, pigstick, pink, poach, point, press, reach, run through, rush, shank, shiv, spear, speet, splash, stick, stob, stog, thring, thrust, thrutch, yerk

Anagrams of thrust