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Thrusting   /θrˈəstɪŋ/   Listen
Thrusting

noun
1.
A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).  Synonyms: jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust.  "He made a thrusting motion with his fist"


Thrust

verb
(past thrust; past part. thrust)
1.
Push forcefully.
2.
Press or force.  Synonyms: shove, squeeze, stuff.  "She thrust the letter into his hand"
3.
Make a thrusting forward movement.  Synonyms: hurl, hurtle, lunge.
4.
Impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably.  Synonym: force.
5.
Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument.  Synonym: pierce.
6.
Force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock.
7.
Push upward.  Synonym: push up.
8.
Place or put with great energy.  Synonym: throw.  "Thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"



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"Thrusting" Quotes from Famous Books



... impossible to sleep. The idea of being utterly alone, in such an outlandish part of the world, may have had something to do with the singular activity of my nervous system. It seemed to me that somebody was thrusting cambric needles into my skin in a sudden and violent manner, and at the most unexpected places; and strange sounds were continually buzzing in my ears. I began to reflect seriously upon the condition of affairs down underneath my bed. ...
— The Land of Thor • J. Ross Browne
... feeling every part of her body, excepting that which I had just injured. That came in now for its share: thrusting one knee between her legs I lifted hers so as to leave room for my hand between them. She prayed me not, she was sore, ill, it hurt her. Hurt her? I longed to hurt her, knew I was going to give her pain whilst I lied saying that no pain more would she feel, and then with ...
— My Secret Life, Volumes I. to III. - 1888 Edition • Anonymous
... installations. Such an extension of policy, certainly the most important to be contemplated since President Truman's executive order in 1948, would involve the Department of Defense in the fight for servicemen's civil rights, thrusting it into the forefront of ...
— Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 • Morris J. MacGregor Jr.
... of the repressing forces and finds vent in the production of abnormal mental states or disorders of conduct. Thus to take a simple example, a business man who has had a trying day at the office, on returning home in the evening may succeed in thrusting out of his consciousness the thought of his disappointments and worries, yet the disturbance in his mind may show itself in quarrels with his wife or complaints of the quality of ...
— The Nervous Child • Hector Charles Cameron
... up, and at the same moment the leader seizes him by the neck so that the blood spurts out over the white snow. The wolves have now tasted blood and nothing can restrain them. The man is beside himself and throws himself about thrusting desperately with his knife. The wolves attack him from behind and he falls again on his back. Now his knife moves more slowly. The wolves yelp, bark and pant, and the froth hangs round their teeth. The unfortunate man's eyes grow dim and he closes them, consciousness leaves him and ...
— From Pole to Pole - A Book for Young People • Sven Anders Hedin


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