push-upn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈpʊʃʌp/, U.S.

/ˈpʊʃˌəp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: push v., up adv.¹

Etymology: < push v. + up adv.¹

A. n.

1. Chiefly North American. A gymnastic exercise in which the body is held erect, supported by the hands on parallel bars, and raised and lowered by straightening and bending the arms. Also (now more usually) = press-up n.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > exercise > [noun] > specific exercises

breathing1605

breather1802

arm swing1859

setting-up drill1862

grasshopper march1884

lunge1889

push-up1897

sit-up1900

pull-up1901

deep-breathing1904

bag-punching1927

press-up1928

setting-up exercise1935

pullover1936

bear crawl1937

burpee1939

knee-bend1941

leg raise1944

dip1945

uddiyana1949

squat thrust1950

lateral1954

pull-down1956

aquacise1968

step-up1973

abdominal crunch1981

power walking1982

crunch1983

gut-buster1983

stomach crunch1986

1897 Harvard Crimson 18 Feb. 1/3 The most remarkable features of the test were the strength of grip and the large figure recorded for the dip or push up.

1906 Amer. Mag. 63 139/1 First they put him on the parallel bars and beseeched him to do many push~ups, prodding him gently to further exertion when he showed signs of fatigue.

1943 Sun (Baltimore) 16 June 8/6 Ten pushups and work details are standard punishments for other minor offences.

1958 Times 26 Feb. 8/4 Half the boys examined could not do a single push up.

1968 M. Richler Cocksure vii. 44 Tomasso..did push-ups on his office carpet every morning.

1978 S. Brill Teamsters iii. 107 Twenty push-ups..was all the exercise a busy union leader should have time for.

2001 D. Mitchell Number 9 Dream 236 After supper, I lock, bolt and chain the door, do a load of push-ups and sit-ups, and take a shower.

2. Australian slang. The action or an act of pickpocketing in which the victim's arm is pushed away from his or her pocket by the pickpocket's accomplice. Frequently attributive. Now rare.

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1919 V. Marshall World of Living Dead 69 He acts as chief amongst his ‘push-up’ and ‘break’ men, associates skilled in their way, but unpossessed of his dexterity.

1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad i. 15 Pick-pockets are known as ‘Wizzers’ or ‘The Push Up Mob’.

1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad 332 Push Up (The), picking pockets.

1977 D. Powis Signs of Crime: Field Man. for Police (Gloss.) 197 Push up, at the, Stealing by picking pockets in crowds.

3. North American. A small domed shelter created by a muskrat in winter by pushing up vegetation and mud through a hole in surface ice.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Microtidae > genus Ondatra (musk-rat) > burrow or resting-place

musquash hole1835

muskrat house1837

musquash housea1862

push-up1933

1933 H. Ingstad Land of Feast & Famine v. 84 They [sc. muskrat houses] are built of earth and reeds over holes in the ice, and are known as ‘push-ups’.

1956 H. S. M. Kemp Northern Trader (1957) iv. 57 He indicated..the little ‘pushup’ wherein the muskrat would come to sun himself on the warmer days.

1978 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 1 Sept. 15/1 Autumn is..muskrats building push-ups from bulrush plants.

1993 J. Strohmeyer Extreme Conditions i. 13 It was ideal weather for setting traps in the muskrat push-ups that protrude above the surface of the still-frozen sloughs and lakes.

4. A bra or similar garment which is padded or underwired to give uplift to the breasts. Also: an accessory inserted into a bra or similar garment to provide such uplift.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > brassière > types of

bandeau1915

uplift bra1932

gay deceiver1942

falsies1943

balconette1947

Wonderbra1947

push-up1955

bralette1973

underwire1973

minimizer1980

T-back1981

1955 Los Angeles Times 16 Feb. 4 (advt.) The semi-plunge bra with ‘push-ups’ for 32 to 36 sizes.

1960 N.Y. Times 15 Dec. 32 (advt.) Soft lace cups with crescent shaped foam pushups for a high rounded bosom.

1988 Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 8 May A bra museum? That's what Frederick's of Hollywood is calling its collection of bras from the past 40 years... It defines the changing shape of these decades including push-ups, peekaboos, plunge bras and pointed missiles.

2002 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 24 Feb. Brassieres were made of cotton and ‘not very pretty’ when she started selling them. Then came nylon, cups shaped like Sno-Cone holders, Lycra, underwire, push-ups, and bras that worked wonders and miracles.

B. adj.

a. That pushes up; that is or may be pushed up.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [adjective] > pushed upwards > that may be

push-up1930

1930 Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 19 Sept. 6/7 (advt.) Let Miss Gilbert give you a beautiful pushup wave this week.

1963 N.Y. Times 17 Nov. 12 This slipon coverall..in deftly cut cotton with..push-up sleeves.

1984 J. Frame Angel at my Table (1987) xi. 74 I looked out of the old-fashioned push-up window (as opposed to the newer wind-up windows of the express trains).

2003 N.Y. Mag. 3 Mar. 49 This push-up Moisture Stick has a fresh, unisex rosemary-mint scent.

b. Designating a bra or similar garment which is padded or underwired to give uplift to the breasts. Also: designating accessories inserted into a bra to provide such uplift.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [adjective] > brassière > type of

push-up1975

1950 Chicago Tribune 18 Sept. ii. 5 (advt.) Real-E-You push-up bra pads. Real-E-You pads glamourize, supplement, raise and round your bustline..give you comfortable sag-proof uplift.

1954 in L. Gottwald & J. Gottwald Frederick's of Hollywood (1973) 27 New fashions demand a padded push-up bra! Stitched in push-up pads give you the full, high rounded bustline, and tantalizing high ‘cleavage’ that you've always longed for.

1962 Intimate Apparel June 20 Jantzen ‘curvallure’ bra..Jantzen genius-type push-up pad, three-way strapless, nylon lace.

1975 J. Mitchell In France they kiss on Main Street (song) in Hissing of Summer Lawns (record sleeve notes) Gail and Louise In those push-up brassieres Tight dresses and rhinestone rings Drinking up the band's beer.

1992 Premiere Mar. 70 Torsos of babes and studs sporting oversize crucifixes and leather and shredded jeans and lacy push-up tops.

2002 Elle Mar. 246/2 I see fashion assistants arranging the models' ‘V-string’ and stuffing their bras with ‘chicken-cutlet’ push-up inserts (and you thought that cleavage was real).

2. Computing. = push-down adj. 1. Cf. push v. 1h. Now rare.

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society > computing and information technology > data > [adjective] > data structure

push-down1959

threaded1960

balanced1962

machine-coded1964

push-up1966

1966 C. J. Sippl Computer Dict. & Handbk. 149/2 Push-up list, a list of items where the first item is entered at the end of the list, and the other items maintain their same relative positions in the list.

1969 P. B. Jordain Condensed Computer Encycl. 406 The pushup-list concept is used whenever there is a queue of approximately equal-priority requests that are waiting to be serviced.

1980 C. S. French Computer Sci. xxvi. 200 A list used to store a queue is called a Push Up List.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	push-up
释义	push-upn.adj. Brit. /ˈpʊʃʌp/, U.S. /ˈpʊʃˌəp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: push v., up adv.¹ Etymology: < push v. + up adv.¹ A. n. 1. Chiefly North American. A gymnastic exercise in which the body is held erect, supported by the hands on parallel bars, and raised and lowered by straightening and bending the arms. Also (now more usually) = press-up n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > exercise > [noun] > specific exercises breathing1605 breather1802 arm swing1859 setting-up drill1862 grasshopper march1884 lunge1889 push-up1897 sit-up1900 pull-up1901 deep-breathing1904 bag-punching1927 press-up1928 setting-up exercise1935 pullover1936 bear crawl1937 burpee1939 knee-bend1941 leg raise1944 dip1945 uddiyana1949 squat thrust1950 lateral1954 pull-down1956 aquacise1968 step-up1973 abdominal crunch1981 power walking1982 crunch1983 gut-buster1983 stomach crunch1986 1897 Harvard Crimson 18 Feb. 1/3 The most remarkable features of the test were the strength of grip and the large figure recorded for the dip or push up. 1906 Amer. Mag. 63 139/1 First they put him on the parallel bars and beseeched him to do many push~ups, prodding him gently to further exertion when he showed signs of fatigue. 1943 Sun (Baltimore) 16 June 8/6 Ten pushups and work details are standard punishments for other minor offences. 1958 Times 26 Feb. 8/4 Half the boys examined could not do a single push up. 1968 M. Richler Cocksure vii. 44 Tomasso..did push-ups on his office carpet every morning. 1978 S. Brill Teamsters iii. 107 Twenty push-ups..was all the exercise a busy union leader should have time for. 2001 D. Mitchell Number 9 Dream 236 After supper, I lock, bolt and chain the door, do a load of push-ups and sit-ups, and take a shower. 2. Australian slang. The action or an act of pickpocketing in which the victim's arm is pushed away from his or her pocket by the pickpocket's accomplice. Frequently attributive. Now rare. ΚΠ 1919 V. Marshall World of Living Dead 69 He acts as chief amongst his ‘push-up’ and ‘break’ men, associates skilled in their way, but unpossessed of his dexterity. 1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad i. 15 Pick-pockets are known as ‘Wizzers’ or ‘The Push Up Mob’. 1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad 332 Push Up (The), picking pockets. 1977 D. Powis Signs of Crime: Field Man. for Police (Gloss.) 197 Push up, at the, Stealing by picking pockets in crowds. 3. North American. A small domed shelter created by a muskrat in winter by pushing up vegetation and mud through a hole in surface ice. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Microtidae > genus Ondatra (musk-rat) > burrow or resting-place musquash hole1835 muskrat house1837 musquash housea1862 push-up1933 1933 H. Ingstad Land of Feast & Famine v. 84 They [sc. muskrat houses] are built of earth and reeds over holes in the ice, and are known as ‘push-ups’. 1956 H. S. M. Kemp Northern Trader (1957) iv. 57 He indicated..the little ‘pushup’ wherein the muskrat would come to sun himself on the warmer days. 1978 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 1 Sept. 15/1 Autumn is..muskrats building push-ups from bulrush plants. 1993 J. Strohmeyer Extreme Conditions i. 13 It was ideal weather for setting traps in the muskrat push-ups that protrude above the surface of the still-frozen sloughs and lakes. 4. A bra or similar garment which is padded or underwired to give uplift to the breasts. Also: an accessory inserted into a bra or similar garment to provide such uplift. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > brassière > types of bandeau1915 uplift bra1932 gay deceiver1942 falsies1943 balconette1947 Wonderbra1947 push-up1955 bralette1973 underwire1973 minimizer1980 T-back1981 1955 Los Angeles Times 16 Feb. 4 (advt.) The semi-plunge bra with ‘push-ups’ for 32 to 36 sizes. 1960 N.Y. Times 15 Dec. 32 (advt.) Soft lace cups with crescent shaped foam pushups for a high rounded bosom. 1988 Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 8 May A bra museum? That's what Frederick's of Hollywood is calling its collection of bras from the past 40 years... It defines the changing shape of these decades including push-ups, peekaboos, plunge bras and pointed missiles. 2002 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 24 Feb. Brassieres were made of cotton and ‘not very pretty’ when she started selling them. Then came nylon, cups shaped like Sno-Cone holders, Lycra, underwire, push-ups, and bras that worked wonders and miracles. B. adj. 1. a. That pushes up; that is or may be pushed up. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [adjective] > pushed upwards > that may be push-up1930 1930 Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 19 Sept. 6/7 (advt.) Let Miss Gilbert give you a beautiful pushup wave this week. 1963 N.Y. Times 17 Nov. 12 This slipon coverall..in deftly cut cotton with..push-up sleeves. 1984 J. Frame Angel at my Table (1987) xi. 74 I looked out of the old-fashioned push-up window (as opposed to the newer wind-up windows of the express trains). 2003 N.Y. Mag. 3 Mar. 49 This push-up Moisture Stick has a fresh, unisex rosemary-mint scent. b. Designating a bra or similar garment which is padded or underwired to give uplift to the breasts. Also: designating accessories inserted into a bra to provide such uplift. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [adjective] > brassière > type of push-up1975 1950 Chicago Tribune 18 Sept. ii. 5 (advt.) Real-E-You push-up bra pads. Real-E-You pads glamourize, supplement, raise and round your bustline..give you comfortable sag-proof uplift. 1954 in L. Gottwald & J. Gottwald Frederick's of Hollywood (1973) 27 New fashions demand a padded push-up bra! Stitched in push-up pads give you the full, high rounded bustline, and tantalizing high ‘cleavage’ that you've always longed for. 1962 Intimate Apparel June 20 Jantzen ‘curvallure’ bra..Jantzen genius-type push-up pad, three-way strapless, nylon lace. 1975 J. Mitchell In France they kiss on Main Street (song) in Hissing of Summer Lawns (record sleeve notes) Gail and Louise In those push-up brassieres Tight dresses and rhinestone rings Drinking up the band's beer. 1992 Premiere Mar. 70 Torsos of babes and studs sporting oversize crucifixes and leather and shredded jeans and lacy push-up tops. 2002 Elle Mar. 246/2 I see fashion assistants arranging the models' ‘V-string’ and stuffing their bras with ‘chicken-cutlet’ push-up inserts (and you thought that cleavage was real). 2. Computing. = push-down adj. 1. Cf. push v. 1h. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > data > [adjective] > data structure push-down1959 threaded1960 balanced1962 machine-coded1964 push-up1966 1966 C. J. Sippl Computer Dict. & Handbk. 149/2 Push-up list, a list of items where the first item is entered at the end of the list, and the other items maintain their same relative positions in the list. 1969 P. B. Jordain Condensed Computer Encycl. 406 The pushup-list concept is used whenever there is a queue of approximately equal-priority requests that are waiting to be serviced. 1980 C. S. French Computer Sci. xxvi. 200 A list used to store a queue is called a Push Up List. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1897
随便看	to snatch out of the fire to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat to snatch victory out of the jaws of defeat to sniff the wind to snuff pepper to soak dry or up to soak it to to soak one's clay to soak one's face to soak up rays to soap the ways to soar with the lark to sob one's heart out to sob upon a person's neck to sock a person one to sock it to sock it out to sock it to to sod off to soften the blow to soldier on to solve a phenomenon to some purpose to some tune to sooth