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Push

Definition: Push

Push

Noun

1. The act of applying force in order to move something away; "he gave the door a hard push"; "the pushing is good exercise".

2. The force used in pushing; "the push of the water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines".

3. Enterprising or ambitious drive; "Europeans often laugh at American energy".

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".

5. An effort to advance; "the army made a push toward the sea".

Verb

1. Move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner".

2. Press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action; "He pushed her to finish her doctorate".

3. Make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops".

4. Exert oneself, make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis".

5. Press against forcefully without being able to move; "she pushed against the wall with all her strength".

6. Approach a certain age or speed: "She is pushing fifty".

7. Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate".

8. Sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs); "The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs".

9. Make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby; "Now push hard," said the doctor to the woman".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "push" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Note: Push \Push\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Pushed; Pushing.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Push

DomainDefinition

Satire

PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The other is Pull. Source: Devil's Dictionary.

Computing

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. Source: Jargon File.

Medicine

The pushers do not really have to push. . . the junkies fight their way to any connection who has good stuff. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Push

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

PUSH

EnglishPeople United to Serve HumanitySocial Sciences

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Push

Synonyms: button (n), energy (n), get-up-and-go (n), push button (n), pushing (n), thrust (n), advertise (v), advertize (v), agitate (v), bear on (v), campaign (v), crowd (v), crusade (v), drive (v), fight (v), force (v), labor (v), labour (v), press (v), promote (v), tug (v). (additional references)
Antonym: pull (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Push

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Activity

Verb: be active; Adjective: busy oneself in; stir, stir about, stir one's stumps; bestir oneself, rouse oneself; speed, hasten, peg away, lay about one, bustle, fuss; raise up, kick up a dust; push; make a push, make a fuss, make a stir; go ahead, push forward; fight one's way, elbow one's way; make progress; toll; (labor); plod, persist; (persevere) a; keep up the ball, keep the pot boiling.

Circumstance

Predicament; emergence, emergency; exigency, crisis, pinch, pass, push; occurrence; turning point.

Ejection

Eject, reject; expel, discard; cut, send to coventry, boycott; chasser; banish; (punish); bounce ; fire, fire out; throw; throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside; push; throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside; shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away; brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away; discharge; send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift; turn out, bundle out; throw overboard; give the sack to; send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about; strike off the roll; (abrogate); turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop; pack off; send away with a flea in the ear; send to Jericho; bow out, show the door to.

Essay

Try hard, push, make a bold push, use one's best endeavor; do one's best; (exertion).

Impulse

Verb: give an impetus; Noun: impel, push; start, give a start to, set going; drive, urge, boom; thrust, prod, foin; cant; elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter; run against, bump against, butt against; knock one's head against, run one's head against; impinge; boost; bunt, carom, clip y; fan, fan out; jab, plug.

Noun: impulse, impulsion, impetus; momentum; push, pulsion, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost, throw; explosion; (violence); propulsion.

Regression

Noun: propulsion, projection; propelment; vis a tergo; push, shove; (impulse); ejaculate; ejection; throw, fling, toss, shot, discharge, shy; launch, release.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Push

English words defined with "push": advocate, airplane propeller, airscrew, angledozer, avidity, avidnessbarge, bell, Boat hook, boost, boost up, broken-down, bull, bull through, button, buzzerDetrude, doorbell, driveeagerness, edge in, edge up, elbow, envelope, exomphalosFoininglyGibstaffjam, jog, Justlekeenness, knocklabor, labourmatted, mouse buttonnose, nudge, nudgerobtrudepoke at, Poss, Potch, press, prod, prop, propeller, propellor, push aside, push away, push button, push forward, push out, push up, pushball, Pushedrecommend, reset button, rocker armscrew, screw propeller, shoulder, shoulder in, shove, snowplough, snowplow, Stick, strike hard, swimming strokethrust, thrust ahead, thrust out, Thrust plane, To cast aside, To drive to the wall, To give effect to, To go ahead, To put through, To shuffe off, To thrust away, To thrust in, To thrust off, towboat, tower, tug, tugboaturgevalve rocker. (references)
Specialty definitions using "push": Direct PushPush Down List. (references)
Etymologies containing "push": sackbut. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Push" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (bloom, Catkin, flue, fluff, fuzz, nap, pile, pubescence, pussy), Portuguese (push).

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Modern Usage: Push

DomainUsage

Screenplays

If you don't, I'll push you off the boat (Speed 2: Cruise Control; writing credit: Graham Yost; Jan de Bont)

You just push U-K-E-L-E-L-E (In the Line of Fire; writing credit: Jeff Maguire)

I say we stack ourselves up, push the intercom and pretend we're delivering a pizza (Toy Story 2; writing credit: John Lasseter; Peter Docter)

Why do you always push me down (A League of their Own ; writing credit: Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel)

I don't think you can push those together (Lost in America; writing credit: Albert Brooks; Monica Mcgowan Johnson)

Lyrics

I wanna push you around, I will, I will (Push; performing artist: Matchbox 20)

Somebody push me through the door (Extra Ordinary; performing artist: Better Than Ezra)

I’m the one you’re using, please don’t push me aside ("Heart of Glass"; performing artist: Blondie)

Don't try and push me away (Shine; performing artist: Cyndi Lauper)

Body he push me over to the other side (That's What I'm Looking For; performing artist: Da Brat)

Clever

Push to test. Release to detonate. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Don't Push Me (1970)

Gold Push (1926)

Nevada Push (2002)

You Can't Push Back the River (1996)

Push Comes to Shove (1991)

Song Titles

Push (performing artist: Matchbox 20)

PUSH IT (performing artist: SALT 'N PEPA)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Push

DomainTitle

Books

  • Don't Push the River (It Flows by Itself) (reference)

  • Push (Vintage Contemporaries) (reference)

  • Tai Chi for Two: The Practice of Push Hands (reference)

  • What Color Is It? What Shape Is It? (Pull 'N Push) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

  • Angelo Brothers 7635000 Artworks Push Button (reference)

  • Superior 17-6ASU 6' Aluminum Push Button Handles (reference)

  • GB Electrical GSW-23 Push Button Switch with Momentary Contact (reference)

  • Stanley 03-043 Fine Woodworking Push Drill (reference)

  • Lutron Electronics D603-PH-IV Incandescent Push On/Off 3-Way Rotary Dimmer Switch (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Push

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Photo Album: Push

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Planting anchor for Radio Acoustic Ranging hydrophone Must have been warm - note bare foot helping push anchor away from ship. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Fresh water marsh adjacent to Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. Note push boat and barge in background. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Figure 44. Bamberg pneumatic bathometer, constructed by Carl Bamberg. This instrument is in fact an accessory to a Bamberg sounder, which was similar to the Thomson sounder. It used the pressure of water to push a certain quantity of water into a tube and subsequently measuring it in order to determine the depth that the tube had attained. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Loadmasters from the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, push out cartons of humanitarian supplies from a C-130 Hercules Dec. 12 during this year's Christmas Drop. Andersen Air Force Base organizes and sponsors the annual event that helps the.

The Last Push. Kiger mustangs enter trap in the Kiger Herd Management Area, Burns District, Southeastern Oregon. Credit: Connie Dellera.

He began to push it slowly towards the Squirrel Inn. Credit: Library of Congress.

Don't push too hard : let him work!. Credit: Library of Congress.

The big push. Credit: Library of Congress.

The children crowd and push to reach refreshments at Halloween party. Shafter migrant Camp, California. Credit: Library of Congress.

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Five minutes after they helped push in the old jalopy into the wrecking company's lot, Scouts Norman Vitting (right) and Bill Rave watch attentively while Chas. Revell of the wrecking crew starts the wrecking job. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Push".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Broom; sweep; clean up; push a broom; shattered; scraping; .Squeal; rev; high-speed; rushing; bustle; celerity; commotion; dash; dispatch; drive; expedition; expeditiousness; flurry; haste; precipitance; precipitateness; precipitation; promptitude; push; quickness; rush; rustle; scurry; speediness; swiftness; urge.
Squeal; rev; high-speed; rushing; bustle; celerity; commotion; dash; dispatch; drive; expedition; expeditiousness; flurry; haste; precipitance; precipitateness; precipitation; promptitude; push; quickness; rush; rustle; scurry; speediness; swiftness; urge.Broom; sweep; clean up; push a broom.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Push

AuthorQuotation

Andrew Carnegie

You can't push anyone up the ladder unless he is ready to climb himself.

Author Unknown

It doesn't take long for the man with push to pass the man with pull.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.

Leonardo Da Vinci

The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.

Walter F. Mondale

In our system, at about 11:30 on election night, they just push you off the edge of the cliff and that's it. You might scream on the way down, but you're going to hit the bottom, and you're not going to be in elective office.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Push

AuthorDateQuotation

John F. Kennedy

1961

Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah--to "undo the heavy burdens [and] let the oppressed go free." And if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavor, not a new balance of power, but a new world of law, where the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Push

TitleAuthorQuote

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

If you push it in, the events of the next hour happen in the reverse order

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

An unlucky effort, inexpert help, a false push, might crush him.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

She was trying to see it in a mirror behind the counter without letting the truck driver know, and so she pretended to push a bit of hair to neatness

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Push

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Most physicians do not push the young-men to take the injections. (references)

Muscle contractions in the colon push the stool toward the rectum. (references)

In the intestine, the nerve cells tell muscles how to push the stool along. (references)

Business

Employer organizations abandoned efforts to push for labor law reform. (references)

It is expected that U.S. firms will continue their push into the China market. (references)

A number of German companies are beginning to push the German government to end this tax exemption. (references)

Economic History

Colombia

The Colombian push for competitiveness and export expansion requires Colombian companies to modernize their production facilities and delivery systems. (references)

Mexico

The push for better regulation and modernization should translate into greater transparency and accountability within the banking system. (references)

Thailand

While the government's parliamentary majority (and presumed ability to push through its legislative program) is a major departure, much will depend on the efficacy of Thaksin's proposals in stimulating domestic confidence and consumption, an accomplishment that evaded Chuan and Tarrin and their internationally applauded economic policies. (references)

Human Rights

El Salvador

Pro-Busqueda planned to push the legislative assembly again for the creation of a national commission. (references)

Political Economy

SAUDI ARABIA

In mid-October 2001, the GCC announced that it will redraft the tariff agreement to meet the Saudi rates and will push forward the date of implementation for the customs union to 2003. (references)

Guinea

Presidential elections are scheduled for 2003, but there is currently a push for a national referendum to amend the constitution to extend the president's term to seven years and to allow an unlimited number of terms. (references)

Trade

Dominican Rep

Private-sector associations and other groups continue to push for a change in the system, but it is a major revenue earner for Dominican consulates as well as for general revenue coffers. (references)

Armenia

The number of private banks has been slowly declining as the Central Bank has pursued a policy of tightening bank capitalization requirements to push the weak banks into closing or into mergers with stronger banks. (references)

Women

Bahamas

Prominent women of all political persuasions continue to push for an amendment to the Constitution and related laws to redress this situation. (references)

Worker Rights

Hong Kong

The maximum amount of compensation is $20,000 (HK$156,000). However, labor activists complain that complainants are discouraged by the Labor Relations Tribunal's tendency to push conciliation rather than issue orders. (references)

Pakistan

In response to international criticism, the Government has begun to push provincial authorities to enforce child labor laws. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Push

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Cast of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"

Well then you're in for a little surprise, because if you push me, then I just might have to push back. Hard.

Dennis Miller

Disparity among nations has been around forever, but only now is there a push to do something about it.

Rush Limbaugh

In order to push this Big Lie, the Democrats are counting on the fact that you will not be able to understand simple math problems, or the nature of tax cuts.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Push

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Our second American Revolution will push on to new possibilities not only on Earth but in the next frontier of space.

George Bush

1989-1993A new breeze is blowing, and a nation refreshed by freedom stands ready to push on.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Push

"Push" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 48.91% of the time. "Push" is used about 3,474 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)48.91%1,6994,938
Lexical Verb (infinitive)36.43%1,2666,204
Lexical Verb (base form)14.63%50811,908
Unclassified Items0.03%1339,140
                    Total100.00%3,474N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Push

The following table summarizes the usage of "push" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
PushLast name10079,512
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Push

Expressions using "push": at a push bell push get a job by push get the push give a push give smb. the push give the push to he wants push ice push push a lever push about push across push against push ahead push along push and shove push apart push around push aside push away push back push bicycle push broom push button push by push cart push chair push down push Down List push for push for better condition push forward push hard push in push in front push into push media push off push off from push off! push on push one's luck push one's way push one's way forward push oneself push oneself forward push open push out push out by tractor/to push out into push over push past push rod push shut push smb. for push smb. out of the way push smb. to smth. push smb. to the wall push smb.'s face in push smth. at smb.'s disposal push smth. open push the envelope push the panic button push through push through the crowd push to push to close push to the front push too far push towards push under push underneath push up push with the knee server push to push To push down To push on vigorous push when it comes to the push. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "push": push-along, push-and-pull, push-and-run, push-and-shove, push-ball, push-bike, push-bikes, push-biking, push-bolt, push-bottom, push-bright, push-button, push-button control, push-button radio, push-button telephone, push-button war, push-button warfare, push-buttons, push-buzzer, push-cart man, push-chair, push-chairs, push-down, push-down list, push-down queue, push-down stack, push-down storage, push-down store, push-downs, push-fit, push-in, push-lever, push-me, push-me-pull-you, push-on, push-over, push-pin, push-pull, push-pull, push-pull amplifier, push-punch, push-push, push-rods, push-start, push-started, push-stick, push-through, push-to-make, push-to-talk button, push-towed, push-turn, push-up, push-ups.

Ending with "push": bell-push, cost-push.

Containing "push": cost-push inflation.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Push

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

push ups

307

push the button

49

push scooter

283

push button switch

49

push

205

push lawn mowers

47

push up bra

184

push bar

45

push push

167

la push wa

40

push cart

150

push nevada

39

push it

132

push and pull

39

push up

127

operation push

35

golf push cart

123

push push samsung

33

push to talk

99

dont lyrics push

32

game push push

78

push reel mower

30

push talk verizon

71

push up bar

29

rainbow push coalition

69

push technology

28

push back rack

66

natural push up

27

push mower

64

la push washington

26

push mowers

63

push talk verizon wireless

25

push pin

58

lyrics push

24

push pole

58

push wap

24

rainbow push

54

la push

23

push lawn mower

51

lyrics matchbox push twenty

22
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Push

Language Translations for "push"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

përkrahje (abetment, advocacy, aliment, backing, backup, boost, buttress, championship, espousal, Favor, favour, furtherance, intercession, paternalism, patronage, promotion, prop, protection, support), puprri (acne, blotch, botch, pimple, pustule, whelk), përpjekje (attempt, crack, drive, effort, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, offer, patience, prolusion, pull, skirmish, stroke, try, venture, whack), e shtyrë (dig), energji (dash, drive, dynamism, energetics, energy, gumption, might, nerve, pepper, pith, power, steam, strenuousness, vigor, vigour, vim, young blood, zip), goditje (assault, bang, bash, batting, beat, biff, blow, buffet, bump, cant, chop, clean and jerk, clip, dash, dint, drive, fib, flap, hit, ictus, impingement, incitement, infliction, jab, joggle, jolt, knock, knocking, lick, percussion, poke, pound, shock, slat, sock, stimulus, strike, stroke, thrust, thwack, tremor, welt), hedh (aim, cast, cheat, chuck, dart, dash, diddle, discard, dispose of, down-load, drop, evade, flash, fling, flip, fob, fob off, have, heave, hose, hurl, land, launch, pitch, pour out, project, rain, release, scrap, send, set down, sink, sling, spill, sprinkle, strew, swing, tap, throw, throw away, throw down, throw over, toss, touch off, transfer, winnow), i mëshoj një kërkesë, lëshon rrënjë pema, mbështes (lean, pillow, prop up, shore, support, sustain, uphold), mbështet (abet, adhere, back, back up, build, buttress, countenance, found, hold up, lean, pillow, prop up, shore, support, sustain, uphold), detyroj (bind, bully, coerce, compel, constrain, dragoon, enforce, entail, force, have, haze, impel, keep, make, move, obligate, oblige, outface, pin down, press, rack, screw, strong arm, tie), nxit (abet, actuate, arouse, begrime, bring, dare, dispose, egg on, encourage, enkindle, exhort, fan, fillip, foment, galvanize, goad, heat, impel, incendiarism, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, motivate, move, prod, prompt, provoke, quicken, stimulate, stir up, urge, whet, whip, whip up, work up), sulm (aggression, assault, attack, cannonade, charge, dash, descent, drive, hit, inroad, mugging, offence, offensive, onfall, onset, onslaught, raid, razzia, rush, strike, thrust), reklamoj (advertise, advertize, boost, build up, glamorise, glamorize, glamourize, promote, publicize, sell), shtrij (drape, elongate, expand, hold out, reach, recline, roll, spread, spread on, stretch, unfold), shtyj (actuate, adjourn, bring, carry over, dare, delay, detrude, dig, dispose, drive, dub, flip, goad, hang up, hold over, hustle, impel, incite, induce, instigate, jab, jog, jolt, jostle, jumble, lead on, leave over, lengthen, motivate, motive, move, postpone, pressurize, propel, recess, shove, thrust, trundle, urge, waive, walk), shtyrje (adjournment, delay, hold, hustle, jog, postponement, remand, shove, thrust, thrusting), shtysë (drive, dub, dynamics, impetus, impulse, stimulus), shtytje (boost, dub, impulse, impulsion, impulsiveness, incitement, inducement, jostle, persuasive, poke, pressure, prompt, prompting, propulsion, repulsion), nxis (abet, actuate, animate, arouse, begrime, bring, challenge, dare, dispose, drive, egg on, encourage, enkindle, exhort, fan, fillip, foment, galvanize, goad, heat, impel, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, motivate, move, prod, prompt, provoke, quicken, stimulate, stir up, urge, whet, whip, whip up, work up). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏هجوم (aggression, assault, attack, blow, dash, offence, offensive, onrush, onset, onslaught, pounce, raid, rush, swoop), ‏ناضل (agonize, buffet, combat, contend, contest, fight, heave, militate, ply, pursue, strive, struggle, tug, worry, wrestle), ‏واصل (carry on, continue, follow in his footsteps, gear, go on, hold on, keep, persist, press, proceed, pursue, push along, push on, roll on, stay, stick to smth., sustain), ‏حملة (attack, campaign, drive, expedition, operation), ‏غرز (batter, bog, drawing pin, impact, implant, jam, lodge, pike, plant, plunge, poke, sink, stab, stick, stick in, thrust), ‏حافز (impulse, incentive, motivation, motive, reaction, stimulant), ‏حشر (cram, crush, poke, ram, squash, stick, thrust), ‏سرع (accelerate, career, chase, fast, force, get a move on, gun, hasten, hurry up, hustle, lollop, pelt, pounce, quicken, rush, smarten, speed, speed up, step on it, throttle, trot), ‏ضغط (bear in mind, compress, compressing, compression, crowd, depress, duress, force, hustle, jam, lay stress on smth., lean, lobby, lobbying, pinch, press, pressure, screw, smash, squeeze, strain, stress, telescope, tension), ‏صد (alienation, baffle, balk, baulk, bear down, beat, beat off, blast, estop, estoppel, exclusion, fend, fend off, fight off, hit, hit back, hold off, jolt, kick, negative, parry, poach, push aside, push back, quash, rebuff, repel, repudiate, repulse, repulsion, return, riposte, snub, spurn, stamp down, stave, stay, stay away, stem, throwback, toss, turn away, ward, ward off), ‏جهد عنيف لبلوغ غاية, ‏روج (circulate, put forth), ‏شق طريقه (break, crowd, force one's way, jostle, pass, press, push away, weave), ‏دفع (actuate, anticipate, bleed, boost, carry, crowd, dig, disburse, drive, eject, encourage, flog, galvanize, give, impulse, instigate, jog, jostle, motivate, nuzzle, pay, pay down, payment, plank, press, prompt, propel, propulsion, remit, render up, repulsion, roll, rouse, shove, spur, sweep, thrust, thrusting, waft, wheel). (various references)

   

Basque

  

bultzatu (push to). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

банда (band, bandwagon, crew, gang, mob, pack, ring, set), напрежение (effort, electricity, exertion, intension, intensity, press, pressure, strain, stress, stretch, suspense, tension, tensity), напредвам (advance, develop, forge ahead, gain, get on, go, go ahead, move, move on, move onwards, proceed, progress, push forward, push on, push up, roll, walk), напор (head, inrush, pressure, stress), на зор съм, масова атака, енергия (activity, drive, energy, force, go, go ahead, intensity, juice, lustiness, pep, pith, power, sinews, snap, spring, vigor, vigour, vim, zap, zip), активизирам (activate, detonate, fillip, move), лансирам (boost, bring out, initiate, launch, push forward, put up, sell), бутон (button), измъчвам (afflict, agonize, ail, anguish, crucify, excruciate, fester, harass, lacerate, martyr, martyrize, play up, prey, rack, rankle, ride, scourge, smite, torture, try, victimize, weigh on), бутам (hustle, jog, jostle, propel, shove, thrust), налягане (fall, pressure, tension), блъскам (beat, bump up against, dash, hammer, hustle, jostle, knock, moil, pound, press, ram, shove, slam, smite, squash, strike, thump), пускам на пазара, протекция (patronage, protection, umbrella, ward), пробивам си път (force one's way through, fret, nose, push through, thrust one's way, work through), преследвам (bait, chase, chivy, drive, drive at, haunt, hunt down, lay siege to, martyr, obsess, persecute, prosecute, pursue, run, siege, tag), предприемчивост (adventurousness, drive, enterprise, go, go ahead, gumption, initiative), притеснявам (discomfort, fidget, incommode, inconvenience, pinch, put smb. out, rush, screw up, squeeze), поощрявам (abet, bring on, cultivate, encourage, lead on, pander, promote, stimulate), подтик (drive, fillip, goad, hypo, impulse, incentive, inducement, prompting, propulsion, relish, sanction, spur, stimulus, urge, whet), поддръжка (advocacy, backing up, help, maintenance, support, sustenance, sustentation, upkeep), бутане (jostle, nudge, propulsion, shove, thrust, thrusting), компания (bunch, circle, companionship, company, crowd, lot, party, set, society, tribe, troop), усилие (ado, effort, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, intension, stab, stress, struggle, trouble), удар (bang, bat, blow, buff, buffet, butt, chop, clash, clump, counter, cut, dint, go off, hit, impact, impingement, jab, jar, keystroke, knock, pass, pelt, percussion, rap, shake, shock, shy, smack, smash, strike, stroke, thrust, touch, turn, whack, whiplash, wipe), рекламирам (advertise, advertize, boom, boost, headline, promote, publicize, puff, quack, sell), разширявам (add, amplify, broach, broaden, dilate, distend, drift, enlarge, expand, full, stretch, widen), разгръщам (deploy, develop, open, outspread, spread, unroll, work up), развивам (cultivate, develop, do, educate, evolve, make, pay out, uncoil, unfold, unfurl, ungird, unreel, unroll, unswathe, unwind, unwrap, wind off, work up), тормозя (badger, bait, bedevil, bully, chivy, excruciate, fret, harass, hunt down, jade, murder, persecute, pester, pick on, plague, play up, prey, put upon, rack, rag, ride, scourge, worry), тласък (fillip, impetus, impulse, jerk, propulsion, pulse, shock, shove, thrust, urge), тласкам напред (push forward, put forward), тласкам (dash, drive, fillip, guide, hustle, impact, impel, jerk, propel, thrust), напрягане (exertion, stretch), критичен момент (emergency, hump), наближавам дадена възраст, копче (button, knob, sleeve-link), гоня (badger, chivy, drive, follow, keep away, persecute, prey upon, prosecute, pursue, run, run after, shag, victimize), гледам да пробутам (quack), гледам да пласирам, насърчавам (abet, embolden, encourage, favour, hearten, man, prompt, pull for, support, uphold), настоявам енергично за, насилвам (browbeat, coerce, compel, force, sandbag), натиск (arm-twisting, compression, compulsion, delivery, heat, pressure, screw, squeeze, stress, thrust, urgency), назорвам, стимул (brace, goad, impetus, impulse, inducement, oestrum, oestrus, propulsion, relish, savor, savour, spur, stimulant, stimulus), тикам (boost, shove, thrust, walk). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

推挤 (Pushed, Pushing), (refuse, shove). (various references)

   

Czech

  

protekce, postrèení, pohánìt (actuate, criticize, hustle, impel, insult, propel), podnikavost (drive, enterprise), přièinit se, urgovat (demand), tlaèit (hurt, jostle, pack, pinch, press, throng, thrust, trundle, wheel), strkat (hustle, thrust on), snažit se (endeavor, endeavour, strive, study, try, try hard), obtìžovat (accost, annoy, bother, harass, haunt, incommode, inconvenience, interfere, intrude, molest, pester, tackle, trouble, worry), nátlak (compulsion, constraint, pressure), úsilí (drive, effort, pains, study), úder (beat, blow, buffet, bump, chop, coup, dash, hit, percussion, rap, shock, stroke, swipe, thrust). (various references)

   

Danish

  

støde (thrust), stød (beat, beating, bruise, buffet, butt joint, impact, shock, splice, tramp). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

duwen (thrust), aanduwen. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

puŝo, puŝi (thrust), puŝekfunkciigi. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

trýsta (oppress, press, squeeze, thrust), fíra (thrust). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

یورش بردن , فشاربجلو, هل دادن (Haul, Hitch, Hustle, Jog, Poach, Poke, Shoulder, Shove, Yerk), هل (Cardamom, Jostle, Shove), چیزی رازوردادن , تنه (Body, Bulk, Corpus, Frame, Jostle, Shove, Stem, Stock, Trunk), زور (Dint, Energy, Hustle, Might, Power, Strain, Strength, Stunt, Thrust, Tuck, Vigor, Vim, Violence, Vis, Vivacity, Zing, Zip), شاخ زدن (Butt, Gore), بازورجلوبردن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

työntää (drive, force, push along, shove, thrust). (various references)

   

French

  

pousser (push along, push on, push over), poussez. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

triuwe (thrust), triuw, stjitte (thrust), stjit, oantriuwe, oanfiere, dúste (thrust), dúst. (various references)

   

German

  

drücken (be oppressive, bring down, dampen, depress, discard, force down, hawk, hitting, huddle, keep down, lower, nip, oppress, pinch, press, pressure, pushing, shirk, squeeze, strain, strike, to actuate, to depress, to press, to queeze, to shirk, weigh), treiben (battue, be adrift, be up to, beat, bring, carry on, chase, commit, create, do, drift, drive, drive on, enchase, float, force, hustle and bustle, impel, jack up, leaven, make, make rise, move, propel, pursue, push out, put forth, put out, rush, shoo, sprout, swirling, throw out, thrust, to enchase, urge, work, wreak), stoßen (abut, buffet, bump, bumps, Bury, butt, dig, hustle, impinge, jab, jerk, jog, kick, knock, nudge, plunge, poke, pond, prod, punch, punt, push across, push out, push over, put, ram, shag, shoulder, shove, stricken, stub, thrust, to bump, to hustle, to knock (at)), Stoß (barge, batch, belch, biff, blast, blow, brunt, bump, burst, butt, dig, gasp, hit, impact, jab, jog, joint, jolt, kick, knock, mound, nudge, pile, poke, prod, punch, put, rush, selvage, shock, shove, shunt, stab, stack, stope, stroke, throw, thrust, tilt, tremor, volley), schieben (push across, push along, push out, push over, put, shove, shuffle, shunt, slide, slip, thrust, to shuffle, traffic in, trundle, wangle, wheel). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σπρώχνω (jog, jostle, poke, prod, shove, thrust), ωθώ (actuate, impel, motivate, prompt, shove, thrust). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ללחוץ (crush, force, jam, oppress, press, stress), לחיצ" (clasp, compression, gripe, jam, pressure), ל""וף (bear down, beat off, blast, fend off, fight off, hold off, jolt, repel, repulse, shove, stave off, ward off), ל"חוף (drive, impel, jog, jostle, lunge, shove, thrust, urge), לס וק (deliver, remove, supply), ""יפ" (jolt, kick, lunge, lurch, thrust), "חיק" (pressing, thrust), "חיפ" (encouragement, impulse, lunge, momentum, propulsion, shove, stimulus, thrust), "חף (impetus, impulse, thrust, urge), ס ק (thrust), 'יפ" (blow, routing). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tolás (pushing, shove, thrust), taszítás (impingement, jerk, repulsion, shake, shove, toss), támadás (access, aggression, assault, attack, blitz, brunt, feint, flanker, inroad, invasion, offence, offense, offensive, onrush, onset, onslaught, raid, set to). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

mendorong (boost, prompt, propel, see: dorong), dorongan (heave, impetus, inducement, instigation, propulsion, pushing, urging), dorong (motivate), desakan (insistence, pressure, request, shove), anjak (shove, thrust). (various references)

   

Irish

  

brúigh (press). (various references)

   

Italian

  

spingere (blow, crowd, drive, enchase, float, go, hustle, impel, induce, jog, jostle, perform, poke, prompt, propel, rush, shove, slide, thrust, to press, to push, to rush, urge, wheel, wreak), urto (bump, clash, collision, crash, dash, dig, hit, impact, jar, knock, shake, shock, shove), spinta (boost, dig, drive, helping hand, hustle, incentive, jerk, poke, shove, spur, stress, thrust), pigiare (crush, jam, pack, press, ram, rush, tamp, tread). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

プシバルスキー馬 (petit bourgeois, Przewalski's horse, push cart, small), 押し (audacity, authority, pressure), 一押し (another try). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

おし (audacity, authority, commanding presence, deaf-mute, illustration, miniature shrine in a temple, pressing down, pressure, showing in graphic form or by diagram, weight), プッシュ , ひとおし (another try). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

강" (Constraining, Obtrusion). (various references)

   

Malay

  

dorong ... mendorong (thrust), desak ... mendesak (thrust). (various references)

   

Manx

  

snuggal (bob down, bobbing, butting, dig with elbow, flounce, nod, toss as head; nutation; nodding, toss; nutation; nodding), seiy (agitate, bear down, churn, churning, foment, fomentation, gore, gore of bull, knife, litter, lunge, mix up, mixing, mixture, muddy; pushing, prod, propel, propulsion, protrusion, shove, shoving, stab, stick, stir, stir up, thrust, tilt, tilting, transfix), puhttey (butt, butting, jostle, jostling), eab (attempt, effort, essay, trial; try), broojey (bruise, compound, compress, cram, crunch, crush, mash, pound, press, pulverization, pulverize, ram, squash, squelch, stamping), broo (bruise, buzz, contusion, cram, crunch, crush, grind, pounding, press, pressure, ring, squash). (various references)

   

Maya

  

tuul-chint (to push), lam (to push in). (various references)

   

Occitan

  

butar. (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

pushá, pusha (thrust), stot (thrust), gòlpi (beat, hit, strike). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ushpay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

impulso (drift, elan, go, head, impulse, moment, motion, propulsion, shoot, shove, spur, thrust). (various references)

   

Portuguese Brazilian

  

empurrar (to push). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

împinge (crowd, drive, go to extremes, goad, induce, jab, joggle, jostle, move, poke, press, punt, push away, run to an extreme, shove, spurn, thrust). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

усилие (ease down, effort, exertion, lick, stress, stretch), удар (a smack in the eye /in the face/, apoplexy, bash, blow, box, buffet, bump, cant, chop, clap, cob, cut, dash, fit of apoplexy, hit, impact, impingement, jab, kick, knock, loft, lunge, percussion, pick, putt, shock, stabbings, stroke, swat, thrust, wallop, well-judged blow, welt), толчок (cant, dash, fillip, hitch, hitter, impetus, impulse, jab, jog, jolt, lunge, momentum, poke, shake, shock, stroke, thrust, toss), толкать (give a push, jab, jog, jostle, jostled, shoulder, shove, thrust), критическое положение (edge, emergency), выталкивать толчок, нажим (stress), атака (access, aggression, attack, charge, hatchet job, onrush, onset, onslaught), проталкивать (thrust forth), подвинуть (move), поддержка (backing, boost, comfort, espousal, furtherance, maintenance, nourishment, support, sustenance, sustenation, sustention), давление (enforcement, pressure, stress, tension). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

pùc (jostle), mulc (a shapeless lump), ùp (jostle). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

provokacija (provocation), pritisnuti (depress, jam, press, step on), uvaliti (force, plunge), upinjanje, reklamirati (advertise, advertize, plug, promote, tout), rasturati (dilapidate, distribute), napad (aggression, assault, attack, attempt, bout, broadside, offence, offense, offensive, onfall, strike, thrust, touch), nagurati (cram, jam), gurnuti (jog, shove, thrust), gurati (hustle, jostle, shove, thrust, wheel), guranje (bunt, extrusion, impulsion, jostle, poke, shove, thrust, thrusting). (various references)

   

Shona

  

-sandidzira (to push). (various references)

   

Sicilian

  

spinciri (to push). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

empujar (dig, drive, drive along, heave, hustle, intrigue, jog, jolt, jostle, move, nudge, poke, press, propel, push back, push in, push on, push to, roll, sack, shove, thrust, urge, wheel), empujón (boost, dig, heave, hustle, jab, poke, shove, thrust). (various references)

   

Sranan