thrust
/θɹʌst/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Pierre was a master swordsman, and could parry the thrusts of lesser men with barely a thought."
- "The cutpurse tried to knock her satchel from her hands, but she avoided his thrust and yelled, "Thief!""
- "Tilehurst […] began to pedal unhurryingly towards the anticipated lane, with the easy thrust of a man who has just made a substantial meal and knows that he has plenty of time and to spare for his appointment."
- "Spacecraft are engineering marvels, designed to resist the thrust of liftoff, as well as the reverse pressure of the void."
- "the pectoral fins are capable of generating high thrust during flutter"
- "Ostensibly, the class was about public health in general, but the main thrust was really sex education."
Etymology
From Middle English þrusten, from Old Norse þrysta, from Proto-Germanic *þrustijaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *trewd-.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: þristen, þrysta, *þrustijaną, *trewd-