Push, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Pushed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Pushing.] [OE. possen, pussen, F. pousser,
fr. L. pulsare, v. intens. fr. pellere, pulsum,
to beat, knock, push. See Pulse a beating, and cf.
Pursy.] 1. To press against with force; to
drive or impel by pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure,
without striking; -- opposed to draw.
Sidelong had pushed a mountain from his
seat.
Milton.
2. To thrust the points of the horns against;
to gore.
If the ox shall push a manservant or
maidservant, . . . the ox shall be stoned.
Ex. xxi.
32.
3. To press or urge forward; to drive; to
push an objection too far. " To push his fortune."
Dryden.
Ambition pushes the soul to such actions as are
apt to procure honor to the actor.
Spectator.
We are pushed for an answer.
Swift.
4. To bear hard upon; to perplex; to
embarrass.
5. To importune; to press with solicitation;
to tease.
To push down, to overthrow by pushing or
impulse.
Push, n. 1. A
thrust with a pointed instrument, or with the end of a
thing.
2. Any thrust. pressure, impulse, or force, or
force applied; a shove; as, to give the ball the first
push.
3. An assault or attack; an effort; an
attempt; hence, the time or occasion for action.
Exact reformation is not perfected at the first
push.
Milton.
When it comes to the push, 'tis no more than
talk.
L' Estrange.
4. The faculty of overcoming obstacles;
aggressive energy; as, he has push, or he has no
push.
[Colloq.]
Syn. -- See Thrust.
Push (?), n. [Probably F. poche.
See Pouch.] A pustule; a pimple. [Obs. or Prov.
Eng.] Bacon.
Push, v. i. 1. To
make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a
sword. Shak.
2. To make an advance, attack, or effort; to
be energetic; as, a man must push in order to
succeed.
At the time of the end shall the kind of the south
push at him and the king of the north shall come against
him.
Dan. xi. 40.
War seemed asleep for nine long years; at length
Both sides resolved to push, we tried our
strength.
Dryden.
3. To burst pot, as a bud or shoot.
To push on, to drive or urge forward; to
hasten.
The rider pushed on at a rapid
pace.
Sir W. Scott.Push, n. A crowd; a company or
clique of associates; a gang. [Slang]