Unscramble thrust

Definition of thrust

noun:

• the force used in pushing; "the push of the water on the walls of the tank", "the thrust of the jet engines". Synonyms: push.
• a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument; "one strong stab to the heart killed him". Synonyms: knife thrust, stab.
• the act of applying force to propel something; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off". Synonyms: drive, driving force.
• verbal criticism; "he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians".
• a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger", "he made a thrusting motion with his fist". Synonyms: jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrusting.

verb:

• push forcefully; "He thrust his chin forward".
• press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope", "She thrust the letter into his hand". Synonyms: shove, squeeze, stuff.
• make a thrusting forward movement. Synonyms: hurl, hurtle, lunge.
• impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him". Synonyms: force.
• penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument. Synonyms: pierce.
• force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock.
• push upward; "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air". Synonyms: push up.
• place or put with great energy; "She threw the blanket around the child", "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar". Synonyms: throw.

Related words

boost, dart, dig, drive, empale, firewall, force, gore, horn, impale, impetus, impulse, impulsion, jab, lance, lunge, passado, peg, poke, pop, pound, prod, punch, ram, remise, riposte, shoulder, spike, stab, stick, sting, transfix, tusk.

Words nearby

thrush, trust.

Rhymes with

adjust, antitrust, bust, combust, crust, cussed, disgust, distrust, dust, encrust, entrust, gust, incrust, just, lust, mistrust, must, nonplussed, readjust, robust.