thrusting
/θɹˈʌstɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The motion by which someone or something thrusts.
Example Sentences
- "The coaxing tone in which he said these latter words might have failed in its object, if he had not accompanied them with sundry sharp jerks of his thumb over one shoulder, and with divers winks and thrustings of his tongue into his cheek, from which signals the damsel gathered that he sought to speak to her apart, concerning Miss Haredale and Dolly."
- "there were heavings and thrustings of the crowded tribes as they elbowed themselves by natural courses towards the light."
- "a. 1802, quoted in The Domestic Encyclopedia"
- "In the process of making whey butter,..the ‘thrustings’, or white whey, is set in ‘cream mugs’, to ‘carve’, and acidulate for churning."