thrust

Noun

• a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
  • he warned me with a jab with his finger
    
  • he made a thrusting motion with his fist
    

• verbal criticism
  • he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians
    

• the act of applying force to propel something
  • after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off
    

• a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
  • one strong stab to the heart killed him
    

• the force used in pushing
  • the push of the water on the walls of the tank
    
  • the thrust of the jet engines
    

Verb

• place or put with great energy
  • She threw the blanket around the child
    
  • thrust the money in the hands of the beggar
    

• push upward
  • The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air
    

• force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock

• penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

• impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
  • She forced her diet fads on him
    

• make a thrusting forward movement

• press or force
  • Stuff money into an envelope
    
  • She thrust the letter into his hand
    

• push forcefully
  • He thrust his chin forward
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  jab , jabbing , poke , poking , thrusting , drive , driving force , stab , knife thrust , push , throw , push up , pierce , force , lunge , hurl , hurtle , stuff , shove , squeeze