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- Dictionarythrusting/ˈθrʌstɪŋ/
noun
- 1. the motion of pushing or lunging suddenly or violently.
adjective
- 1. aggressively ambitious: "thrusting entrepreneurs"
- 2. (of an object or part of the body) projecting in a conspicuous way: "a thrusting jaw"
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to push suddenly and strongly: She thrust the money into his hand. They thrust a microphone in front of me and fired questions at me. She thrust the papers at me (= towards me). The bodyguards thrust past the crowd to get at the cameraman. Synonym. lunge. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Pushing and shoving. bat something/someone away.
to push suddenly and strongly: She thrust the money into his hand. They thrust a microphone in front of me and fired questions at me. She thrust the papers at me (= toward me). The bodyguards thrust past the crowd to get at the cameraman. Synonym. lunge. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Pushing and shoving. bat something/someone away.
(ˈθrʌstɪŋ ) adjective. ambitious and having great drive. a thrusting young executive. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'thrusting' in a sentence. thrusting.
How to use thrust in a sentence. to push or drive with force : shove; to cause to enter or pierce something by or as if by pushing; extend, spread… See the full definition
To thrust is to push forward quickly and forcibly, like the way a pirate would plunge or thrust a sword into his enemy. Thrust is often used when you're talking about knives or swords or jabbing someone with something. In fact, a thrust refers to a sharp blow or stab.
Thrust definition: to push forcibly; shove; put or drive with force. See examples of THRUST used in a sentence.
If you thrust something or someone somewhere, you push or move them there quickly with a lot of force. They thrust him into the back of a jeep. American English : thrust / ˈθrʌst /
To push or drive quickly and forcefully: thrust a pole into the ground. See Synonyms at push. 2. To cause to project or extend: poplars thrusting their branches upward; thrust out his finger. 3. a. To force into a specified condition or situation: He was thrust into a position of awesome responsibility. b.
Thrusting definition: ambitious and having great drive. See examples of THRUSTING used in a sentence.
a strong push or the power used to push something forward. the thrust of sth. the main part or ideas of what someone says or does: The main thrust of our work involves helping victims of crime. (Definition of thrust from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
