Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of thrusting outward; in stone or steel construction, a thrust outward, as in a bridge which is not perfectly equilibrated.
  • noun A projection from a building.
  • To thrust out or outward.

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Examples

  • I remember the out-thrust of his protruding underlip as he glared down at the wild pigs.

    CHAPTER III 2010

  • Later that month, you stop imbibing at all, just press your lips to the out-thrust inflation device nozzle without opening it and suck.

    Beachball, Kentucky Heather Fowler 2011

  • With a quick out-thrust of his four legs, he rolled over on his side and with questioning eyes and pricked ears looked and listened.

    CHAPTER VII 2010

  • He moved in front of me, blocking my way with an out-thrust chest.

    Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010

  • He moved in front of me, blocking my way with an out-thrust chest.

    Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010

  • He moved in front of me, blocking my way with an out-thrust chest.

    Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010

  • The soil there was stony and as I approached the end, the trees became more stunted until I stood on an out-thrust of stone where only brush grew.

    Renegade's Magic Hobb, Robin 2008

  • He looked to me like some foul bird of prey: greed and cunning in the restless brown eyes set close together, quick resolution in the out-thrust, bony jaws and hard chin; but manifestly he had no capacity, no mind: he was meagre in all ways.

    Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions 2007

  • The green-lit ball disappeared into one of the corsair's engines and it blew up, just as the out-thrust hangar doors cut off Chaison's view.

    Sun of Suns 2006

  • Full upon Kane's out-thrust blade the creature ran, and toppled back into the red swirl below, clawing beast-like at its mortal wound.

    The Moon of Skulls Howard, Robert E. 2005

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