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Verb: thrust (thrust) thrúst- Push forcefully
"He thrust his chin forward" - Press or force
"She thrust the letter into his hand" - stuff, shove, squeeze - Make a thrusting forward movement
- lunge, hurl, hurtle - Impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
- force - Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
- pierce - Force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
- Push upward
"The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air" - push up - Place or put with great energy
"thrust the money in the hands of the beggar" - throw Noun: thrust thrúst- The force used in pushing
"the thrust of the jet engines" - push - A strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
- stab, knife thrust - The act of applying force to propel something
- drive, driving force - Verbal criticism
"he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians" - A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
- jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrusting
Derived forms: thrust, thrusting, thrusts See also: thrust ahead, thruster Type of: actuation, blow, compel, criticism, force, gesture, jut, jut out, lay, move, obligate, oblige, penetrate, perforate, place, pose, position, project, propulsion, protrude, push, put, set, stick out, unfavorable judgment [US], unfavourable judgment [Brit, Cdn] Encyclopedia: Thrust |