Usually means: Force exerted by engine propulsion.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. thrust: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. thrust: Merriam-Webster
  3. thrust, thrust: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. thrust: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. thrust: Collins English Dictionary
  6. thrust: Vocabulary.com
  7. Thrust, thrust: Wordnik
  8. thrust: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. thrust: Wiktionary
  10. thrust: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. thrust: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. thrust: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. thrust: Dictionary.com
  14. thrust (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. thrust: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Thrust (album), Thrust (disambiguation), Thrust (game), Thrust (rapper), Thrust (science fiction magazine), Thrust (video game), Thrust: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Thrust: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. thrust: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. thrust: Rhymezone
  20. thrust: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. thrust: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. thrust: FreeDictionary.org
  23. thrust: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. thrust: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. thrust: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. thrust: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. thrust: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. thrust: Encyclopedia

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

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Arms and Armour (No longer online)
  2. THRUST: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. thrust: Idioms

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. From Stargazers to Starships Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Thrust: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  3. THRUST: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. thrust: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Thrust: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  3. thrust: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

Tech (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Explosives (No longer online)
  3. PUMP AND SEAL TERMS (No longer online)
  4. thrust: Chapters in the Sky
  5. Dictionary for Avionics (No longer online)
  6. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See thrusting as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
noun:  A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
noun:  The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
noun:  (figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.
verb:  (intransitive) To make advance with force.
verb:  (transitive) To force something upon someone.
verb:  (transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
verb:  (transitive) To push or drive with force; to shove.
verb:  (intransitive) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
verb:  To stab; to pierce; usually with through.

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