Usually means: Exert force to move away.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. push: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. PUSH, push: Merriam-Webster
  3. push: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. push: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. push, the push: Collins English Dictionary
  6. push: Vocabulary.com
  7. Push, push: Wordnik
  8. push: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. push: Wiktionary
  10. push: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. push: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. push: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. PUSH: Dictionary.com
  14. push (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. push: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. PUSH (university guide), Push (Avril Lavigne song), Push (Bros album), Push (Enrique Iglesias song), Push (Gruntruck album), Push (Matchbox Twenty song), Push (Moist song), Push (Pharoahe Monch song), Push (TV series), Push (artist), Push (film), Push (novel), Push (professional wrestling), Push, The Push, The push: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Push: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. push: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. push: Rhymezone
  20. push: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. push: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. push: FreeDictionary.org
  23. push: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. push: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. push: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Organon: A Conceptually Indexed Dictionary (by Genus and Differentia) (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. push: Legal dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. push: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. push: Netlingo
  3. push: CCI Computer
  4. CNET Internet Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Push: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
  6. Internet Terms (No longer online)
  7. Webopedia (No longer online)
  8. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  9. push: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. push: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. PUSH: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. push: Idioms

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Push: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. push: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. push, push: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Push: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  3. P.U.S.H, P.U.S.H: Urban Dictionary

Sports (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. Push: Dan's Poker
  2. Push: Card Games
  3. Push: Croquet
  4. winyourwager.com Gambling Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  6. Texas Hold'em Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. push: Golfer's Dictionary
  8. Push: Sports Definitions

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. push: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
verb:  (transitive) To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
verb:  (transitive) To press or urge forward; to drive.
verb:  (transitive) To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).
verb:  (intransitive) To continually exert oneself in order to achieve a goal.
verb:  (informal, transitive, usually in present participle) To approach; to come close to.
verb:  (intransitive) To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to give birth or defecate.
verb:  (intransitive) To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
verb:  To make a higher bid at an auction.
verb:  (poker) To make an all-in bet.
verb:  (chess, transitive) To move (a pawn) directly forward.
verb:  (computing) To add (a data item) to the top of a stack.
verb:  (computing) To publish (an update, etc.) by transmitting it to other computers.
verb:  (obsolete) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
verb:  To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot.
verb:  (snooker) To strike the cue ball in such a way that it stays in contact with the cue and object ball at the same time (a foul shot).
noun:  A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.
noun:  An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
noun:  A great effort (to do something).
noun:  An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
noun:  (figurative) A force that impels or pressures one to act.
noun:  (military) A marching or drill maneuver/manoeuvre performed by moving a formation (especially a company front) forward or toward the audience, usually to accompany a dramatic climax or crescendo in the music.
noun:  A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score
noun:  (computing) The addition of a data item to the top of a stack.
noun:  (Internet, uncountable) The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request.
noun:  (slang, UK, obsolete, now chiefly Australia) A particular crowd or throng or people.
noun:  (snooker) A push shot.
noun:  (professional wrestling slang) An attempt to give momentum to a wrestler's career in the form of victories and/or more screen time.
noun:  A push-button, such as a bell push.
noun:  (obsolete, UK, dialect) A pustule; a pimple.
noun:  A surname.

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