push

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The centerpiece of the push is an augmented-reality game called "Rock the Cheez" that invites players to create their own rock video by arranging printouts in front of their computer's Web cam.

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  1. transitive verb To apply pressure against for the purpose of moving: push a shopping cart through the aisles of a market.
  2. transitive verb To move (an object) by exerting force against it; thrust or shove.
  3. transitive verb To force (one's way): We pushed our way through the crowd.
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  • The result of a push is usually an UNEVEN and weak action. —  COLD STEEL
  • Accompanying this push is the establishment of Russian bases in the disputed territory so that the targeted country can't do anything about it. —  World Threats
  • The crowning personality tic revealed by Bush's final propaganda push is his bottomless capacity for self-pity. —  Progressive Bloggers
  • He said there is a strong push from the National Rifle Association to back some type of concealed-carry handgun law in Illinois. —  QCOnline Metro News
  • Defenders of Ashcroft essentially say: he knows what it takes to win elections so having Ashcroft in charge and the serial losers being given the push is a good thing. —  PLIGG_Visual_Name - PLIGG_Visual_RSS_All
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

pull ·  tug ·  kick ·  shake ·  knock ·  shove ·  jerk ·  thrust ·  swing ·  twist ·  stroke ·  beat

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push:   pushing ·  pushed ·  pushes
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English pusshen, from Old French poulser, pousser, from Latin pulsāre, frequentative of pellere, to strike, push; see pel-5 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also posse; from Middle English pussen, possen, from Old French pousser, poulser, French pousser = Provencal pulsar = Spanish Portuguese pulsar = Italian pulsare, from Latin pulsare, strike, beat, drive, push, freq. of pellere, past participle pulsus, strike, drive, push: see pulse.
  2. Early modern English also poushe; from push, v. In sense 6 the word is apparently the same (an ‘eruption’); it cannot be, as some suggest, connected with pustule, or with F. poche, a pocket.
 

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