pushing (redirected from pushingly)

push·ing  (pshng)

adj.

1. Energetic; enterprising.

2. Aggressive; forward; presuming.

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pushing·ly adv.

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pushing [ˈpʊʃɪŋ]

adj

1. enterprising, resourceful, or aggressively ambitious

2. impertinently self-assertive

adv

almost or nearly (a certain age, speed, etc.) pushing fifty

pushingly  adv

pushingness  n

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pushing

• centrifugal, centripetal - Centrifugal force pulls away or pushes outward; centripetal draws toward or pulls inward.
• cow tipping - A widely frowned-upon activity whereby one knocks over a sleeping cow (which sleeps standing up) by pushing on its side.
• exert - Can refer to a seed's pushing out or up.
• crowd - Its underlying notion is of "pushing, pressing," from Old English crudan, "press."

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pushing - the act of applying force in order to move something away; "he gave the door a hard push"; "the pushing is good exercise" push actuation, propulsion - the act of propelling depression - pushing down; "depression of the space bar on the typewriter" nudge, jog - a slight push or shake pressing, pressure, press - the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button" shove - the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something); "he gave the door a shove" boost - the act of giving a push; "he gave her a boost over the fence"

Translations

pushing (inf)

adj → penetrant (pej)

pushing [ˈpʊʃɪŋ]

1. prep (fam) (almost) → quasi
she is pushing 50 (fam) → va per i 50

2. adj (enterprising) → intraprendente (pej) → arrivista