pushing
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pushing
- /ˈpʊʃɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ʊʃɪŋ
verb
- present participle and gerund of push
adjective more pushing · most pushing
- That pushes forward; pressing, driving. 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 despatchi
- Aggressively assertive; pushy. Mrs. Erlynne, a pushing nobody, with a delightful lisp and Venetian-red hair[…]
noun pushings
- The act by which something is pushed. We were soon separated by the pushings and shovings of the crowd.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pushful, aggressive, pushy, enterprising, ambitious, thrusting, shoving, propelling, accelerating, dispatch, pulling, pressuring, press, tug, squeezing, pursuing
Translations
Talk about this word "pushing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pushing. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pushing. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pushing "pushing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pushing.Cite this
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title = {pushing},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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