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Definition: Thrusting |
ThrustingNoun1. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "thrusting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Synonyms: ThrustingSynonyms: jab (n), jabbing (n), poke (n), poking (n), thrust (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Thrusting |
| English words defined with "thrusting": Abstrusion ♦ blade, brand, bristling with ♦ Depulsion, Depulsory, Detrusion, Drawbore ♦ Empalement ♦ Foinery ♦ Go-by ♦ hurl, hurtle ♦ Immission, intrusive ♦ jab, jabbing ♦ Keratonyxis, kick, kicking, knife thrust ♦ lunge ♦ Obtrusion ♦ piston, Pitch farthing, plunger, poke, poking, protrusive ♦ Quarte ♦ reach, reaching, Reins of a vault ♦ Smallsword, Sniggle, stab, steel, Stick, stretch, sword ♦ thrust, Thrusting screw, Tiebeam, Trusion. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "thrusting": IMPALE, INTRODUCTION ♦ John Drum's Entertainment ♦ Porpoise ♦ wagon booster-retarder. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "thrusting": Foinery. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | My dear Esteban is forever thrusting at this or at that. (The Mark of Zorro; writing credit: John Taintor Foote; Garrett Fort) | |
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Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | You are thrusting aside life without knowing what it means.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | If the young thrusting plant withered in drought or drowned in a flood of rain, it was no more to the driver than to the tractor. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | He brought his own knife, though I had two, and we used to scour them by thrusting them into the earth. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | INTRODUCTION, n. A social ceremony invented by the devil for the gratification of his servants and the plaguing of his enemies. The introduction attains its most malevolent development in this century, being, indeed, closely related to our political system. Every American being the equal of every other American, it follows that everybody has the right to know everybody else, which implies the right to introduce without request or permission. The Declaration of Independence should have read thus: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, and the right to make that of another miserable by thrusting upon him an incalculable quantity of acquaintances; liberty, particularly the liberty to introduce persons to one another without first ascertaining if they are not already acquainted as enemies; and the pursuit of another's happiness with a running pack of strangers." |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Thrusting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 93.90% of the time. "Thrusting" is used about 246 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 93.9% | 231 | 19,761 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 4.88% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.22% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 246 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "thrusting": Thrusting screw. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "thrusting": bosom-thrusting, crotch-thrusting, neck-thrusting, up-and-thrusting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
thrusting tongue | 9 |
dog story thrusting | 7 |
thrusting | 7 |
deep thrusting | 6 |
thrusting vibrator | 5 |
penis thrusting | 4 |
ring thrusting tongue | 3 |
dildo thrusting | 3 |
hard thrusting | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "thrusting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shtyrje (adjournment, delay, hold, hustle, jog, postponement, push, remand, shove, thrust), futje (entrance, entry, ingoing, input, insertion, intake, intrusion, joining in, steep). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | وخز (jab, jabbing, pang, prickle, sting, tickling, twinge), طعن (aspersion, impale, jab, jag, knife, libel, pike, put a knife into smb., put off, recourse, remedy, slander, stab, strike, thrust, transfix), إقحام (bravado, insertion, intercalation, interjection, interpolation), 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, push, remit, render up, repulsion, roll, rouse, shove, spur, sweep, thrust, waft, wheel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | бутане (jostle, nudge, propulsion, push, shove, thrust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 推. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | reversoverskydning (back thrusting), reversforkastning (back thrusting, reverse fold-fault:2)reverse fault, reversed fault, thrust fault), blankt vaben (cutting and thrusting weapon), blanke vaaben (cutting and thrusting weapons). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | terugoverschuiving (back thrusting), blank wapen (cutting and thrusting weapon, cutting and thrusting weapons). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | teräase (sharp-edged weapon), takaisin työntyminen (back thrusting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | poussée (thrust), pincement, picotement, interpolation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Stichwaffe (stabbing weapon), drängend (elbowing, pressing, thronging, urgent, urging). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | όπλο με λεπίδα (cutting and thrusting weapons), ανάδρομος εφίππευση (back thrusting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | lökõ, lökés (brunt, bump, collision, heave, impact, impulse, jar, jarring, jog, jolt, kick, poke, prod, push, shock, shove, thrust, toss). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | retroscorrimento (back thrusting), arma bianca (cutting and thrusting weapon, cutting and thrusting weapons). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 突き落とし (thrusting down), 穂並 (rows of grain thrusting upright), 素振り (attitude, bearing, behavior, manner, thrusting asword downward from a starting position above one's head). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | すぶり (thrusting asword downward from a starting position above one's head), つきおとし (thrusting down), ほなみ (rows of grain thrusting upright, waving heads). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 미 (Pushing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ustingthray arma branca (steel). (various references) сыворотка (sera, serum, whey), толкание (putting). (various references) zabadanje, guranje (bunt, extrusion, impulsion, jostle, poke, push, shove, thrust). (various references) arma blanca (cold steel). (various references) blankt vapen (cutting and thrusting weapon), bakåtriktad vergens (back thrusting), bakåtriktad uppskjutning (back thrusting). (various references) saldırgan (aggressive, aggressor, assailant, assailer, attacker, get-tough, hard-hitting, invader, militant, offensive, pushy), agresif (aggressive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "thrusting": outthrusting, underthrusting, upthrusting. (additional references) | |
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"Thrusting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Thurstin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "thrusting" (pronounced thru"sting) |
| 6 | -r u" s t i ng | encrusting, entrusting, rusting, trusting. |
| 5 | -u" s t i ng | adjusting, busting, disgusting, dusting, gusting, lusting, readjusting. |
| 4 | -s t i ng | accosting, arresting, assisting, attesting, besting, blacklisting, blasting, boasting, boosting, breasting, broadcasting, bursting, casting, coasting, coexisting, composting, consisting, contesting, contrasting, costing, cresting, defrosting, delisting, digesting, divesting, enlisting, everlasting, exhausting, existing, fasting, feasting, forecasting, frosting, harvesting, Hasting, hoisting, hosting, ingesting, insisting, interesting, investing, jousting, lambasting, lasting, listing, manifesting, molesting, nesting, ousting, pasting, persisting, posting, preexisting, protesting, recasting, reinvesting, requesting, resisting, resting, retesting, roasting, suggesting, tasting, testing, toasting, twisting, typecasting, uninteresting, vesting, wasting, wresting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, associating, attempting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, betting, biting, bitting, blanketing, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boating, bolting, booting, boycotting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coating, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contracting, contradicting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, faulting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, homeporting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lamenting, laminating, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, malting, mandating, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, rerouting, resenting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, thermosetting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-h-i-n-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: shutting, trusting. | |
-2 letters: hurting, hutting, intrust, runtish, rushing, rusting, rutting, ruttish, shuting, tushing, unsight. | |
-3 letters: girths, griths, grunts, inrush, nights, rights, rutins, string, strung, strunt, things, thirst, thrust, tights, truing, truths, ungirt, unrigs. | |
-4 letters: girns, girsh, girth, girts, grins, grist, grith, grits, grunt, gursh, hints, hunts, hurst, hurts, nighs, night, right, rings, ruing, ruins. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-h-i-n-r-s-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: shuttering. | |
+2 letters: upthrusting. | |
+3 letters: haircuttings, outthrusting, shortcutting. | |
+4 letters: guttersnipish, outstretching, toothbrushing. | |
+5 letters: counterweights, toothbrushings, underthrusting. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 68 72 75 73 74 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .... .-. ..- ... - .. -. --. |
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