push

verb

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

   “In his anger he pushed me against the wall and threatened me.”

   “You need to push quite hard to get this door open.”

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

   “We are pushed for an answer.”

   “December 22, 1711, letter to The Spectator Ambition […] pushes the soul to such actions as are apt to procure honour and reputation to the actor.”

3. (transitive)To press or urge forward; to drive.

   “to push an objection too far; to push one's luck”

   “to push his fortune”

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

   “Stop pushing the issue — I'm not interested.”

   “They're pushing that perfume again.”

   “There were two men hanging around the school gates today, pushing drugs.”

   “Earlier the premier had rejected outright suggestions, apparently being pushed by up to a third of the government’s 33-member caucus, that the government forget the deficit and launch a major public initiative to stimulate the economy.”

5. (intransitive)To continually exert oneself in order to achieve a goal.

   “Don't think that if you keep pushing harder and harder, it will make you succeed faster or earn more.”

6. (informal, participle, present, regional, transitive)To approach; to come close to.

   “My old car is pushing 250,000 miles.”

   “He's pushing sixty.”

   “Don't be mad at me 'cause you're pushing thirty / And your old tricks no longer work”

   ““I'm pushing 40 and on TikTok,” he says. “I feel old every day.””

7. (intransitive)To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to give birth or defecate.

   “During childbirth, there are times when the obstetrician advises the woman not to push.”

8. (intransitive)To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
9. To make a higher bid at an auction.
10. To make an all-in bet.
11. (transitive)To move (a pawn) directly forward.
12. To add (a data item) to the top of a stack.

    “When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack.”

13. To publish (an update, etc.) by transmitting it to other computers.

    “Because this version of the Windows Installer is aware of the GAC, it has the capability to publish components into it. […] You can manually or programmatically push an assembly into the GAC by using the command-line tool Gacutil.exe.”

14. (obsolete)To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.

    “If the ox shall push a manservant or maidservant, […] the ox shall be stoned.”

15. To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot.
16. To strike the cue ball in such a way that it stays in contact with the cue and object ball at the same time (a foul shot).

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.

   “Give the door a hard push if it sticks.”

2. (countable, uncountable)An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.

   “One more push and the baby will be out.”

3. (countable, uncountable)A great effort (to do something).

   “Some details got lost in the push to get the project done.”

   “Let's give one last push on our advertising campaign.”

   “The push to amend the Civil and Commercial Code on marriage is expected to enter parliament on Wednesday. The amendment would allow same-sex marriage […]”

4. (countable, uncountable)An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
5. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A force that impels or pressures one to act.

   “I guess it's just the special curse of working under deadline's push”

6. (countable, uncountable)A marching or drill maneuver/manoeuvre performed by moving a formation (especially a company front) forward or toward the audience, usually to accompany a dramatic climax or crescendo in the music.
7. (countable, uncountable)A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score
8. (countable, uncountable)The addition of a data item to the top of a stack.
9. (Internet, uncountable)The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request.

   “server push; a push technology”

10. (Australia, UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable)A particular crowd or throng or people.

    “Till some wild, excited person Galloped down the township cursing, "Sydney push have mobbed Macpherson, Roll up, Dandaloo!"”

    “My father […] was soon as unambiguously Australian as any other member of the rough Rugby pushes that in the years before the Great War made up the mixed and liverly world of South Brisbane.”

11. (countable, uncountable)A push shot.
12. (countable, slang, uncountable)An attempt to give momentum to a wrestler's career in the form of victories and/or more screen time.
13. (countable, uncountable)A push-button, such as a bell push.

    “A bell circuit, fed from the train lighting battery, is connected to a push in each berth and functions in conjunction with a luminous indicator mounted over the door and in association with a cancellation push, for use by the car attendant.”

14. (UK, dialectal, obsolete)A pustule; a pimple.

    “a Push rise upon his Nose”

name

1. A surname.