PUSH, PUSHING
ADJECTIVES
► ETTLING ambitious, pushing, striving → 1822 Sc.
NOUNS
► BENSE a violent movement; a blow, spring, strong push → Bk1911 Sc.
► BEVEL a strong push; a staggering blow → 1715 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BEVIE a jog, a push → Bk1911 Sc.
► BUCKIE a smart blow on the chops; a push → 1825 Sc.
► DUCKSHOVING a pushing in, as of a queue; unfair business practices → Bk1999 Aust. sl.
► DUNCH a sharp push or shove; a nudge or poke with the elbow → 1770 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DUNT a sharp push or shove, esp. a nudge or poke with the elbow → a1522 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GUNDY a push, a shove → 1894 Sc.
► HEAVE a lift; an effort to lift or move something, a push, a shove, pressure; a swelling or rising up; rhythmical rising and falling, as of waves, the breast, etc.; an effort to vomit; a throw → a1571
► JICKAJOG a commotion; a push → 1614 sl.
► JUNDIE ► JUNDY a push with the elbow; a jog, a jostle, a shove → 1737 Sc.
► NODGE a push or stroke, esp. with the knuckles → 1822 Sc.
► PULSION a driving or pushing → 1607
► SCROUGE a push or shove → 1954 Amer. dial.
► SKELP a push or slap
► THRIMP the act of pushing by schoolboys → Bk1905 Sc.
► THRIST a thrust; a push → Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► THRUTCH a thrust; a push, a shove → 1885 Eng. dial.
► THRUTCHING-MATCH a pushing or shoving match → 1886 Eng. dial.
► TIRL a knock; a smart tap or stroke; a push; a rattle → 1790 Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ANOINTER an energetic, pushing person → 1887 Eng. dial.
► NOINTER an energetic, pushing person → 1887 Eng. dial.
► WEDGER a person who pushes into a line → 1994 US sl.
PHRASES
► AFTER YOU WITH THE PUSH addressed to one who has rudely pushed his way past the speaker → E20
VERBS
► AGAIN-PUT to push back → 1400 obs.
► BAMBOOZE to abuse; to domineer over, to push about → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► BOOK to butt; to push with the head or horns → 1930 Amer. dial.
► BOOMER one who pushes an enterprise, or forces it upon public attention → 1883 US sl.
► BRAY to shove, to push → Bk1911 Sc.
► BUCKIE to strike or push roughly → 1866 Sc.
► BUNT to strike, to knock, to push, to butt → 1825 chiefly Eng. dial.
► BURT to push or thrust, as with horns; to butt → 1440 obs.
► BUSH to butt with the head; to push → a1387 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► DAB to push, to shove smartly → 1866 Sc.
► DISH to push violently, or butt with the horns → 1822 Sc.
► DUNCH to deliver a short, sharp blow to someone or something; to strike, to thump, to push; to knock against, to bump into; to give a person a nudge or poke with the elbow → a1250 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DUSH to push or throw down violently ..1786 obs. exc. Sc.
► HUSTLE to push or knock about roughly or unceremoniously; to jostle in a rough or violent fashion → 1751
► JUNDIE ► JUNDY to jostle with the elbow; to struggle, to contend and push in a crowd → 1785 Sc.
► JUT to push, to thrust; to shove, to jolt; to knock against something → 1565 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► LURRY to push about; to struggle → 1804 Eng. dial.
► NODGE to push, to press; to strike with the knuckles or elbow, to poke → 1853 Sc.
► NOSE OUT to push a person, etc., aside or away → 1913
► OBTRUDE to thrust forth; to eject, to push out → 1613
► POKE to urge, to push, to pressure → 1913 Amer. dial.
► POKE UP to urge, to push, to pressure → 1950 Amer. dial.
► PRETRUDE to thrust or push a thing → 1693 obs.
► PUSSIVANT to push or a pull a person unceremoniously; to hustle → 1858 obs.
► PUT to push, to poke, to knock, or to strike; to deliver a thrust or blow → 1000
► RAM to push violently; to thrust → 1824 Sc.
► RAM ABOUT to knock about; to push violently → Bk1905 Sc.
► RAMSTAM to walk or push forward in a headlong, rude, jostling manner → Bk1905 Sc.
► REEF to pull or push something vigorously; to tug, to use force on something → 1958 Amer. dial.
► REEMLE to roll or push forward → Bk1904 Sc.
► SCAMBLE to push, to shove → 1901 Eng. dial.
► SCAUT to push with the feet; to dig the feet into the ground in order to gain resistance; to stretch the legs violently → 1825 Eng. dial.
► SCROOCH to force, push, or squeeze one’s way; to crowd over → 1909 Amer. dial.
► SCROOGE to squeeze one’s way; to crowd, to push → 1904 Amer. dial.
► SCROUGE 1. to crowd, to push against; to force into, out of, etc. a crowded space → 1789 Amer. dial.
2. to force, push or squeeze one’s way; to crowd → 1798 Amer. dial.
► SCROWDGE to crowd, to push again; to force into, out of, etc. a crowded space → 1789 Amer. dial.
► SCRUDGE to squeeze one’s way; to crowd, to push → 1904 Amer. dial.
► SKID to push or drag a person along → 1881
► SKROUGE to crowd, to push against; to force into, out of, etc. a crowded space → 1789 Amer. dial.
► TARGE to push one’s way forcefully through a crowd → 1923 Sc.
► THRIMP to push → Bk1905 Sc.
► THRING to press or push forward, as against obstacles; to push or force one’s way hastily or eagerly; to press, rush, hasten, push on → c893 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► THRIST to thrust, to push; to press, to squeeze, to hug; to wring → 1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► THRUMBLE to make one’s way by pushing or jostling; to push, jostle → 1500-20 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► THRUSSEN to thrust; to push, to squeeze, to crowd → 1874 Eng. dial.
► THRUST to crowd, to push, to squeeze → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► THRUSTEN to thrust; to push, to squeeze, to crowd → 1874 Eng. dial.
► THRUTCH to thrust; to press, to push, to shove; to push or elbow one’s way through a crowd, etc. → 1740 Eng. dial.
► TILT to cause to fall; to thrust, to push, to throw down or over; to overthrow, to overturn, to upset → 1300s obs.
► TO-HIELD to cause to incline, to lean, to bend, to fall over ; to push or pull down → c1205 obs.
► TO-PUSH to push about, to hustle → a1300 obs.
► TO-THRUST to thrust apart, to push open → c1175 obs.
► TRIST to thrust, to push; to press, to squeeze, to hug; to wring → 1838 Sc.
► VAGE to push; to butt, as an animal; to sidle → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► VEDGE ► VEGE to push; to butt, as an animal; to sidle → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► WALLOW AROUND to push or stir something about → 1833 Amer. dial.
► WALLOW DOWN to push something over by leaning on it → 1888 Amer. dial.
► YARK ► YERK to pull, push, or throw with a sudden movement; to jerk → 1568 obs. exc. Eng. dial.