pushing

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʊʃɪŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -ʊʃɪŋ

Verb

pushing

  1. present participle and gerund of push

Adjective

pushing (comparative more pushing, superlative most pushing)

  1. That pushes forward; pressing, driving.
    • 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:
      There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. [] Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams.
  2. (now rare) Aggressively assertive; pushy.

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Noun

pushing (plural pushings)

  1. The act by which something is pushed.
    We were soon separated by the pushings and shovings of the crowd.

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