pushing
/ˈpʊʃɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
That pushes forward; pressing, driving.
Example Sentences
- "There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. […] Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams."
- "Mrs. Erlynne, a pushing nobody, with a delightful lisp and Venetian-red hair[…]"
- "We were soon separated by the pushings and shovings of the crowd."