Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

push

/pʊʃ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.82 in modern English

Syllables
push
IPA
/pʊʃ/
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

verb

To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.

Transitive verb

verb

To press or urge forward; to drive.

Transitive verb

verb

To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).

Transitive verb

verb

To continually exert oneself in order to achieve a goal.

Intransitive verb

verb

To approach; to come close to.

Informal; Transitive verb

verb

To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to give birth or defecate.

Intransitive verb

verb

To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English pushen, poshen, posson, borrowed from Middle French pousser (Modern French pousser) from Old French poulser, from Latin pulsare (“to beat, strike”), frequentative of pellere (past participle pulsus). Doublet of pulsate and pulse (verb). Partly displaced native Old English sċūfan, whence Modern English shove.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

pushes (present, singular) pushing (participle, present) pushed (participle, past) pushed (past) no-table-tags (table tags) glossary (inflection template) pushed (first person, past) pushest (archaic, present) pushed (past, second person) pushedst (archaic, past) pusheth (archaic, present) pushed (past, singular)

Derived Forms

outpush overpush pushability pushable pushback pushball pushbar pushbike pushblock pushbutton pushcard pushcart

Phrases

push along push around push aside push away push back push down push forward push in

Frequently Paired Words

pedal pushers push it

Synonyms

press shove thring thrutch urge abet actuate goose fuel light a fire under send sting

Antonyms

draw pull tug pop

Rhymes With

bush busch kush tush mush hindu kush whoosh shush swoosh cush smush shoosh

Questions

How do you pronounce push?
The recorded pronunciation is /pʊʃ/.
What does push mean?
To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
Where does push come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce push

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