a person who sells illegal drugs, esp narcotics such as heroin and morphine
2. informal
an actively or aggressively ambitious person
3.
a.
a type of aircraft propeller placed behind the engine
b.
a type of aircraft using such a propeller
4.
a person or thing that pushes
5. British
a rakelike implement used by small children to push food onto a spoon
6. Australian the usual name for pushchair
pusher in American English
(ˈpʊʃər)
noun
1.
a person or thing that pushes
2.
an airplane with its propeller or propellers mounted behind the engine so that it pushes the aircraft forward
: also pusher airplane
3. US, Slang
a person who sells drugs, esp. narcotics, illegally
More idioms containing
pusher
a pen pusher
Examples of 'pusher' in a sentence
pusher
"He was so wistful as he said, `I wanted Antioch to let me drive the pusher.
Gash, Jonathan THE TARTAN RINGERS (1989)
And a pusher who sold to junkies on the street also saw his victims every day.
Brierley, David SNOWLINE (1989)
It looks to me as if some pusher may be cracking the blockade by using SCRC people as caddies.
Macleod, Charlotte THE RECYCLED CITIZEN (1989)
Word lists with
pusher
parts of an aircraft, parts of an aircraft
All related terms of 'pusher'
drug pusher
someone who encourages others to take illegal drugs and who makes money supplying illegal drugs
pen-pusher
If you call someone a pen-pusher , you mean that their work consists of writing or dealing with documents , and does not seem very useful or important.
pill pusher
a medical doctor , esp. one who too readily prescribes medication
tool pusher
A tool pusher is someone who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig .
pencil pusher
If you call someone a pencil pusher , you mean that their work consists of writing or dealing with documents , and does not seem very useful or important .
a pen pusher
someone who works in an office in contrast to more active kinds of work
pusher propeller
a propeller located on the trailing edge of an aircraft wing