thrust
/θrʌst/
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Definition
Noun:
- A forceful push or shove: A strong, often sudden, forward movement or pressure.
- A stab or lunge with a pointed weapon: The act of piercing or attempting to pierce with something sharp.
- The main point or central theme (of an argument, policy, etc.): The principal purpose or driving force behind something.
- The propulsive force generated by an engine or jet: The reactive force that pushes a vehicle forward.
Verb:
- To push something or someone suddenly or violently: To exert force to move something forward or away.
- To force something into a particular position or state: To impose or insert something, often with effort.
- To pierce or stab with a pointed object: To make a sudden forward movement with a sharp instrument.
- To extend or cause to project: To push or cause something to stick out.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- He gave the door a hard thrust and it flew open.
- The knight killed his opponent with a single thrust of his sword.
- The main thrust of the article was the need for economic reform.
- The rocket's thrust propelled it into space.
Verb:
- She thrust the letter into my hand and ran away.
- He thrust his hands deep into his pockets.
- The murderer thrust the knife into the victim's chest.
- A rocky peak thrust up from the ocean floor.
Advanced Usage
- "To thrust oneself upon/into": To force one's presence, opinions, or company on someone or into a situation.
- He always thrusts himself into our conversations.
- "To thrust aside": To push something away, often to ignore or dismiss it.
- She thrust aside her doubts and continued with the plan.
- "Cut and thrust": The lively and aggressive exchange of ideas, especially in debate or competition.
- He enjoyed the cut and thrust of political debate.
Variants and Related Words
- Thruster (n): A person or thing that thrusts; a small rocket engine used to control the position of a spacecraft.
- Thrusting (adj): Aggressively ambitious or pushy.
- He was a thrusting young executive.
Synonyms
- Noun: Push, shove, lunge, stab, drive, impetus, gist, core.
- Verb: Push, shove, force, plunge, stab, ram, impose, propel.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Thrust forward: To push or move something to the front; to advance.
- The general thrust his troops forward.
- Thrust upon: To force someone to accept or deal with something.
- The responsibility was thrust upon her unexpectedly.
Related Idioms
- The thrust of the matter/argument: The essential or most important part of something.
- Let's get to the thrust of the matter.
- To thrust and parry: To engage in a vigorous exchange, as in an argument or fencing.
- The lawyers thrust and parried in the courtroom.
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