pushing

verbadjectivenouncommon in dialogue

//ˈpʊʃɪŋ//

That pushes forward; pressing, driving.

verb

1
Also a form of pushpresent participle and gerund of push

adjective

1
That pushes forward; pressing, driving.
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
archaicAggressively assertive; pushy.
Mrs. Erlynne, a pushing nobody, with a delightful lisp and Venetian-red hair[…]

noun

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

Forms

plural: pushings
comparative: more pushing
superlative: most pushing

pursuit · The act of pursuing.push · To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from…Push · A surname.

pushing · That pushes forward; pressing, driving.

pushy · Overly assertive, bold, or determined; aggressively ambitious.puss · A cat.pussy · The female genitalia; the vulva or vagina.

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