thrust
verb /θrʌst/
/θrʌst/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they thrust | /θrʌst/ /θrʌst/ |
| he / she / it thrusts | /θrʌsts/ /θrʌsts/ |
| past simple thrust | /θrʌst/ /θrʌst/ |
| past participle thrust | /θrʌst/ /θrʌst/ |
| -ing form thrusting | /ˈθrʌstɪŋ/ /ˈθrʌstɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to push something/somebody suddenly or violently in a particular direction; to move quickly and suddenly in a particular direction
- thrust something/somebody/yourself + adv/prep. He thrust the baby into my arms and ran off.
- She thrust her hands deep into her pockets.
- (figurative) He tends to thrust himself forward too much.
- Her chin was thrust forward aggressively.
- + adv./prep. She thrust past him angrily and left.
Extra Examples- He thrust a piece of paper at me.
- A microphone was thrust through the curtains.
- She thrust her way through the dense undergrowth.
- He thrust a handkerchief out to her.
- My mother thrust the newspaper back into her bag.
- She suddenly thrust out her arm.
- Mike thrust her towards the staircase.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deep
- deeply
- hard
- …
- at
- into
- thrust your way
- [intransitive, transitive] to make a sudden, strong forward movement at somebody with a weapon, etc.
- thrust (at somebody) (with something) He thrust at me with a knife.
- a thrusting movement
- thrust something at somebody She thrust the poker at her attacker with all her force.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deep
- deeply
- hard
- …
- at
- into
- thrust your way
Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb): from Old Norse thrýsta; perhaps related to Latin trudere ‘to thrust’. The noun is first recorded (early 16th cent.) in the sense ‘act of pressing’.
Idioms
force/thrust/ram something down somebody’s throat
- (informal) to try to force somebody to listen to and accept your opinions in a way that they find annoying
- People are sick of having advertising rammed down their throats.