thrust
verb
[ θrʌst ]
• push suddenly or violently in a specified direction.
• "she thrust her hands into her pockets"
Similar:
shove,
push,
propel,
impel,
send,
press,
drive,
plunge,
stick,
force,
shoot,
ram,
barge,
bump,
knock,
strike,
hit,
jolt,
butt,
prod,
poke,
nudge,
elbow,
shoulder,
bulldoze,
sweep,
jostle,
bundle,
hustle,
hurry,
rush,
manhandle,
impose,
foist,
unload,
inflict,
obtrude,
urge,
saddle someone with,
land someone with,
burden someone with,
lumber someone with,
thrust
noun
• a sudden or violent lunge with a pointed weapon or a bodily part.
• "he drove the blade upwards with one powerful thrust"
Similar:
shove,
push,
ram,
prod,
poke,
stab,
jab,
lunge,
drive,
barge,
bump,
bang,
jolt,
butt,
knock,
nudge,
• the propulsive force of a jet or rocket engine.
• "the engine was a Russian-built Nene of higher thrust than the original models"
Similar:
force,
motive force,
propulsive force,
propulsion,
drive,
driving force,
actuation,
impetus,
impulse,
impulsion,
momentum,
push,
pressure,
power,
• a reverse fault of low angle, with older strata displaced horizontally over newer.
Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): from Old Norse thrýsta ; perhaps related to Latin trudere ‘to thrust’. The noun is first recorded (early 16th century) in the sense ‘act of pressing’.
