Usually means: Exert force to move away.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. PUSH, push: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. push: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. push: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. push, the push: Collins English Dictionary
  5. push: Vocabulary.com
  6. Push, push: Wordnik
  7. push: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. push: Wiktionary
  9. push: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. push: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. push: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. PUSH: Dictionary.com
  13. push (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. push: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  16. Push: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. push: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. push: Rhymezone
  19. push: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. push: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. push: Free Dictionary
  22. push: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. push: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. push: Dictionary/thesaurus
  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)
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  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
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  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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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 foul shot in which the cue ball is in contact with the cue and the object ball at the same time
noun:  (professional wrestling slang) Giving 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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